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I've been using OpenSuse for years. Been thinking about trying Mint, (tried it a year or so ago and seemed Ok but I missed OpenSuse so I went back).
 
Mint. Ubuntu before that, but I couldn't figure out how to get rid of the side bar, dumped it. Tried Puppy as well, but it had a lot of trouble with the wireless drivers on a Dell laptop.
 
I have been using linux for 13 years and here is my current prefrence:

Desktop: ubuntu
Server: centos

Always try to use the latest OS , check out what's new with this new version of the OS and have a play.

If your doing anything on the server side its best to do without the GUI as thats closer to what its like when you look after linux servers for a living. Most companies i have worked at use Redhat so I tend to use Centos for my home servers.

My choice for linux desktop OS used to be Opensuse but over the last few years the hardware supported for Ubunut seems to be a little better.
 
nelop said:
I have been using linux for 13 years and here is my current prefrence:

Desktop: ubuntu
Server: centos

Always try to use the latest OS , check out what's new with this new version of the OS and have a play.

If your doing anything on the server side its best to do without the GUI as thats closer to what its like when you look after linux servers for a living. Most companies i have worked at use Redhat so I tend to use Centos for my home servers.

My choice for linux desktop OS used to be Opensuse but over the last few years the hardware supported for Ubunut seems to be a little better.
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I totally agree with you. :thumbsup:
 
I'm not really a fan of OSX's interface from a productivity standpoint ( I will admit it is very pretty) but I thought I'd try it out in Ubuntu. Not sure how long I'll keep it like this though.

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gmaster456 said:
I'm not really a fan of OSX's interface from a productivity standpoint ( I will admit it is very pretty) but I thought I'd try it out in Ubuntu. Not sure how long I'll keep it like this though.

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I know how to get Docky, but what apt did you use get the apple icon logos etc?
 
n0x1ous said:
I know how to get Docky, but what apt did you use get the apple icon logos etc?
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Its called Macbuntu.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/macbuntu/

Then follow these instructions
http://langit.wordpress.com/2011/06/04/install-macbuntu-in-ubuntu-11-04/

if your not on 11.04, change the install.sh file to whatever version your running. I believe it works on 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and although I can't confirm this, I think it also works on 11.10.

I must say, that thing is flawless. There are only subtle differences between that and the real OSX.
 
gmaster456 said:
Its called Macbuntu.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/macbuntu/

Then follow these instructions
http://langit.wordpress.com/2011/06/04/install-macbuntu-in-ubuntu-11-04/

if your not on 11.04, change the install.sh file to whatever version your running. I believe it works on 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and although I can't confirm this, I think it also works on 11.10.

I must say, that thing is flawless. There are only subtle differences between that and the real OSX.
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Nice! :thumbup:
 
gmaster456 said:
Its called Macbuntu.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/macbuntu/

Then follow these instructions
http://langit.wordpress.com/2011/06/04/install-macbuntu-in-ubuntu-11-04/

if your not on 11.04, change the install.sh file to whatever version your running. I believe it works on 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and although I can't confirm this, I think it also works on 11.10.

I must say, that thing is flawless. There are only subtle differences between that and the real OSX.
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11.10 didnt go as well. No errors or anything but didnt get the wallpaper, dock icons or apple top menu bar. only thing it really did was change the x -O close minimize maximize icons in the top left of the windows.....oh well

Thanks for the info - maybe they will update it someday.
 
n0x1ous said:
11.10 didnt go as well. No errors or anything but didnt get the wallpaper, dock icons or apple top menu bar. only thing it really did was change the x -O close minimize maximize icons in the top left of the windows.....oh well

Thanks for the info - maybe they will update it someday.
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No problem. Sorry it didn't work out.
 
Unity is probably screwing with it in 11.10. Unity is in 11.04 but you can easily revert to the Gnome desktop which is what macbuntu seems to be using.
 
Even if you switch to Gnome Shell, Unity is still there and I don't think you can remove it without breaking your install.
 
H54 said:
I understand that but can you remove Unity (and all associated packages) without breaking your install?
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I don't see why you couldn't. You need something to replace it with or you'll be looking at a command line, but there shouldn't be anything essential about the graphical shell.
 
I've switched over from Ubuntu to Linux Mint. I prefer the clean and simple interface of Mint to Unity, although Unity does have some nice features.

My only gripe with Mint is the keyboard shortcuts are not nearly as useful as Ubuntu out of the box. I'm hoping I can fix that so it won't be a dealbreaker.

Edited: Wow, I'm eating my words here but I'm switching back to Ubuntu. The keyboard stupidity in Mint was just too much to swallow.

Complaints:

No keyboard shortcut to open the bottom-panel Menu. Applications do not have a hotkey, they must be opened by mouse. The Tab key does nothing in Gnome menu, in fact no keys do anything in Gnome menu which is ridiculous. The Alt key does not toggle the Menu bar in a Window, instead you must hold it down while pressing the option, which requires two hands instead of one.

All that's fine if you only use the mouse, but I prefer to use my keyboard and those deficiencies were too much. Which is too bad because I really liked Mint's GUI a lot.
 
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Arch Linux. It has a good wiki and the AUR is a nice feature. I end up installing awesome wm on any machine, so I usually forget what distro I'm on until I have to use the package manager anyways.
 
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