POLL: what linux distro are you using?

[hudster]

What linux distro are you using? (or if you're using multiple, which distro are you using primarily) feel free to comment on likes/dislikes/etc

 

[DnetMHZ]

I currently have 2 systems running Gentoo.. By far my favorite of the many distros I've tried so far

 

[Armitage]

RedHat 7.2 on home & work desktops. Some of the machines @ work run Suse, including our alpha cluster.

 

[Electrode]

2 running a custom-made distro based on Linux From Scratch 3.3, one dual-booting a stripped down copy of Mandrake 8.0 and OpenBSD 3.0

 

[gaidin123]

I'm currently running Gentoo on a work computer, Gentoo on my laptop, RedHat on my firewall/router at home, Slackware 8.0 on a random server, and OpenBSD on a test bridging firewall at work.

Gaidin

 

[NTB]

I'm trying to use SuSE 8.0 - it's up and running, but I can't get networking to work, so I have no internet access in Linux. Otherwise, it seems to work pretty well.

Nate

 

[Travail]

My main system is running RedHat 7.3 (7.2 up until yesterday), and my other system has Mandrake 8.2 on it.

Mandrake is definitely aimed at the "new Linux user"; while it has a lot going for it in that respect, the system feels "dumbed down". I'm going to wipe Mandrake and try Gentoo to see what kind of performance boost I might get.

RH feels a lot more comfortable to me... it's more of an "intermediate-level" system. The only major irritant is the fact that Gnome programs are "segregated" on the KDE menus. :|

 

[Nothinman]

Debian all the way. On my main machine (AthlonMP), dhcp/mail/dns/www/etc server (UltraSparc 1), router (P133).

Debian was on my Alpha (PWS 600au) but I recently installed FreeBSD to play with.

 

[BlackOmen]

Debian (and coming from a Slackware convert, apt rules!)

 

[bUnMaNGo]

Debian. apt-get is teh win

 

[matheusber]

Slack 8 ...

whats up about this geentooooooo ??

anyone that used both slack and this geenzzooo one ... could say me if is there any thing that'd make worthy to go geenntooWWWW



matheus

 

[Colt45]

Redhat 7.3 / Win2K dualboot right now.

KDE3 is pretty snazzy

 

[mcveigh]

<< Debian (and coming from a Slackware convert, apt rules!) >>



if you like apt-get you should try "emerge" on gentoo!!:Q

 

[ProviaFan]

I'm using Redhat 7.2 currently to build my LFS 3.3 system, which, once built, will be my primary linux distro. But, I voted RH, since that's what I'm using now.

 

[thornc]

LFS+BLFS+hints all the way!! With some slack to compile it with!!
Also I would love to have a ALFS set-up from a cd!!!

LinuxFromScratch!

 

[silvater]

I use Mandrake 7.2 in my laptop and Mandrake 8.1 in my server.

 

[Nothinman]

Also I would love to have a ALFS set-up from a cd!!!

Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of LFS? Anyway, what's stopping you from using SuSe's demo CD or DemoLinux to compile from?

if you like apt-get you should try "emerge" on gentoo!!

Why? The two of main points of using Debian packages is to beneft from the Debian QA process and not having to wait for everything to compile.

 

[spyordie007]

Mandrake and Red Hat neck and neck... Both are so good it's hard to choose.
I am running Mandrake now on my workstation (dual boot with XP), but I would use RH for a server.

-Spy

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

SuSE 7.3, but not without problems...Seems to not like my GeForce3 Ti200 very well. Anyone here tried SuSE 8.0 yet?

 

[freebsddude]

Redhat 7.2, will upgrade to 7.3 once I download the new ISOs.

Use FreeBSD 4.5 (predominantly), will try OpenBSD 3.1 when it comes out May 19th or sooner!

 

[XBoxLPU]

Using RH7.2

I am downloading the RH7.3, so far i have got one disc and 2 more to go.


BTW, Dial up sucks....

 

[thornc]

<< Also I would love to have a ALFS set-up from a cd!!!
Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of LFS? Anyway, what's stopping you from using SuSe's demo CD or DemoLinux to compile from?
>>


Well Automated Linux From Scratch is an ideia to have the whole process of compiling/installing linux done automaticly...but still
following the rules set on the book... What I would like to have is a CD with the source packages a kernel, a shell and the necessary tools
to compile everything... Only the process would be automatic, the all notion would still be there....

Maybe someday when I have the time I'll try to do it myself!!