Recommend me a different distro than Ubuntu.

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Fox5

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Originally posted by: BlueAcolyte
Ok, I have a perfectly functional K/X/Ubuntu installation set up, everything I want to works except for MONO/.NET2.0. So I want something different to toy around with.

Requirements:
1. Must support Wine.
2. Must have drivers with 3d acceleration.
3. Supports Python.

So far I've been considering:
Zenwalk
PCLinuxOS
ForeSight Linux
CentOS
Mint

Got any choices?

Just to point out, Mint is an Ubuntu derivative.
PCLinuxOS is a nice, user friendly OS though. Not sure how it compares to Mint, but PCLinuxOS works better out of the box (and off a live cd) than Ubuntu. Its repositories don't seem as robust, however.

BTW, gparted on the ubuntu live cd (and similar, or even the same, tools on others will allow you to resize partitiosn)
 

BlueAcolyte

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I got it installed, but GRUB was being bitchy about the lst entry and so I am only running Zenwalk now (no ubuntu anymore)