Guest richard Posted May 14, 2007 Posted May 14, 2007 I've played around with linux for a while now on and off but have never settled on one distro to use and to learn properly. Im curious as to what you guys are running particularly on your latops as thats where I'm looking to install it.
Ric_ Posted May 14, 2007 Posted May 14, 2007 If you scan through the posts you will notice that most people tend to use Ubuntu (or a derivitive - e.f. Kubuntu or Xubuntu). Personally, I prefer to use Debian. I run this on my workstation and my laptop. Stick Beryl on too and you get all the lovely eye-candy so that you can show off to your die-hard Windows fans
openhgs Posted May 14, 2007 Posted May 14, 2007 We use Fedora here. I've tried pretty well all of the distros but I keep going back to Redhat derivatives; I first installed Redhat 5x back in 1996. My next personnel install wil be Linux From Scratch.
Guest richard Posted May 14, 2007 Posted May 14, 2007 I have noticed people using Ubuntu or its KDE or XFCE counterparts quite a bit but I have had a few issues in the past with Ubuntu and laptops. I haven't really looked at plain old Debian at all.
localzuk Posted May 14, 2007 Posted May 14, 2007 If you have a few issues with ubuntu and laptops then you're gonna have a nightmare of a time with most other distros... I started on Mandrake 6 in 1999 and have went through pretty much every distro available and settled on Ubuntu for the last 2 years - it is stable, well maintained, has excellent support in its forums and works with plenty of hardware out of the box.
Guest richard Posted May 14, 2007 Posted May 14, 2007 Its mainly been with the earlier versions of Ubuntu and the majority of the problems were to do with either wireless or firewire connections
webman Posted May 14, 2007 Posted May 14, 2007 Kubuntu Installed on an Acer Travelmate 290 - Windows XP needed no less than 6 drivers for it to work, Linux worked OOTB, including wireless LAN.
Ric_ Posted May 14, 2007 Posted May 14, 2007 I used to like RPM-based distros. I used RedHat and Mandrake at Uni (we're talking 5 years ago here!). Since then I have got into the Debian package management more and it is a lot easier to use IMHO. I tried Xubuntu recently (on an OK-spec laptop) - it was indeed nippy in comparison to Ubuntu and Kubuntu (due to less eye candy). If you want an easy life, just download a few distros and install them in order of preference until one goes on without any hassle
linuxgirlie Posted May 14, 2007 Posted May 14, 2007 Lots of different ones...depends on my mood or if I am bored....rofl. But Ubuntu at the moment, and pclinuxos at work. Jo
plexer Posted May 14, 2007 Posted May 14, 2007 Ubuntu here for web server. Allthough I appear to have knackered my sudoers. Ben
Geoff Posted May 14, 2007 Posted May 14, 2007 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS on our servers. My personal work desktop PC is a Kubuntu 7.04 based system.
Guest Guest Posted May 14, 2007 Posted May 14, 2007 My votes on a Debian based one - i mainly use Ubuntu.
Guest richard Posted May 14, 2007 Posted May 14, 2007 Looks like I'll be giving Ubuntu a another go in the near future
clodhopper Posted June 8, 2007 Posted June 8, 2007 We're running Centos 4.4 & 5. It's nice if your used to RH as it's based on RHEL so is nice & up to date
greenfieldsupport Posted June 8, 2007 Posted June 8, 2007 Debian all the way server wise .... Were starting to use kubuntu on some desktops. and of course we use knoppix for the staff laptops, when they go bad...
ITWombat Posted June 10, 2007 Posted June 10, 2007 @Openhgs - What advantage is there to running Redhat if you're not corporate? @Ric_ why Debian on a laptop? For a mission critical server then sure Debian is good choice if you want a known quantity. Is your resistance against Ubuntu just your way of being contrary
Midget Posted June 10, 2007 Posted June 10, 2007 I hate rpm based distros, took up debian and stuck with it and now onto ubuntu
Ric_ Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 @ITWombat: I just like Debian... itś a personal thing and I guess I may be seen to be a little odd. Etch works very well as a desktop system (using it as I type) and you don´t seem to get as much superfluous cr*p installed by default. Ubuntu is good but I always go back to Debian.
Diello Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 I've played with SCO Unix, Yggdrasil, RH, Fedora &SuSE over the years, and always got tired/annoyed with it. Ubuntu is the first *nix distro that is permanently installed on one of my PCs.
Joedetic Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 How about FreeBSD?? My web server has been running on Ubuntu server LTS for a while now since switching from Server 2k3 and i'm now wanting to try something a little more robust. I've been playing with FreeBSD following some books i bought (Which are awesome!) and will be making the switch in a couple of weeks on my webserver. Desktop OS i prefer Debian. My thinkpad t41 is a bugger to configure with debian so i've just not bothered and stuck Ubuntu on it. Linux doesnt like my external HDDs for some reason and hangs on boot so my desktop is purely XP (Which i need for some software for my degree). The laptop is dual booting XP and ubuntu.
webman Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 If you want to try the power of BSD on the desktop I recommend PC-BSD.
localzuk Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 If you want to try the power of BSD on the desktop I recommend PC-BSD. I'd recommend Mac OS X. :twisted:
webman Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 Nah, you need proprietary hardware and a big salary for that
Joedetic Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 Mac OS X.........can I stop laughing now? You wouldnt catch me using a Mac for a server no matter how reliable/pretty etc etc it is. Just on principal!
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