View Poll Results: Which Linux

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  • SuSe

    7 23.33%
  • Redhat/Fedora

    3 10.00%
  • Debian

    4 13.33%
  • Gentoo

    9 30.00%
  • Mandrake

    2 6.67%
  • Slackware

    3 10.00%
  • Knoppix

    1 3.33%
  • Other

    1 3.33%
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Thread: Which Linux?

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    Emutalk Bounty Hunter. Hexidecimal's Avatar
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    Which Linux?

    Do You all use? I'm running the gambit it would seem, this week I've tried FC2 FC3 Mandrake and am now headed to SuSe trying to find something I like and is also able to use my 6800..

    Any suggestions towards where to start would also be helpful, I really like the fact that Mandrake auto installed my video card, but dislike basically everything else about it.

    Last edited by Hexidecimal; February 8th, 2005 at 04:31.



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    Well, it's hard to say, we use Mandrake at school and I use it here..... but I use Knoppix as an emergency OS.....

    damn 1 option only polls

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    Not a Moderator Malcolm's Avatar
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    My Giga-byte GA-K8NXP-SLI
    Code:
    $ lspci
    0000:00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a3)
    0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0050 (rev a3)
    0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
    0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
    0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
    0000:00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2)
    0000:00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev a2)
    0000:00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev a3)
    0000:00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev a3)
    0000:00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
    0000:00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
    0000:00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
    0000:00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
    0000:00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
    0000:00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
    0000:01:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB82AA2 IEEE-1394b Link Layer Controller (rev 01)
    0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 19)
    0000:05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0140 (rev a2)
    I've got a 6600GT in here, works great - even does XORG composite with 3d rendering. Biggest pain was getting multi-stream sound going with the onboard sound card which just got fixed.

    And what got me there? Gentoo! No other distro has such advanced x86_64 support information and testing. Trust me, I looked everywhere for 6600GT PCI-E fixes and the dmix fix for the on board sound. Google pointed me to the Gentoo forums and the ALSA doc pages (which suck).
    Right now I'm...
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    gentoo if you have time, and you can do without certain things like photoshop:/ or my remote control(creative rm-1500), otherwise I'd be there, always hated windows, yet here I am:/
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    I use slackware at work on my machine. Other machines there use Redhat stuff, gets on my nerves. I've heard good things about debian but never gotten around to using it, same with gentoo - just beware gentoo is supposed to take some effort. Knoppix is OK for a live distro. SuSe is, in my opinion, the best "commercial" distro.

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    I voted Redhat/Fedora since our servers use that.


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    I voted for Gentoo but the choice depends on what (and how) you want to do.
    If you have a lot of free time go for Gentoo; If you want easy configuration try SuSe. It's up to you and your needs
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    I just voted for Gentoo Linux, my favorite easy customizable distro.

    sethmcdoogle: It takes some time to setup your gentoo box (from stage2) but it's worth it (i think)

    /me loves gentoo portage

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    Suse all the way for me, looks really nice and does all the things i want to do with it

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    Use both Fedora Core 3 and SuSe 9.2, though use SuSe the most....


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