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What is in your opinion the best linux distro, and why?

>> No.2686881

Gentoo. Super fast and very customizable.

>> No.2686882
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I just use Windows 7 because it does what I need and I'm not a pretentious faggot.

<---/g/

>> No.2686886

Ubuntu for desktop

RHEL/CentOS for servers

Debian for appliances

>> No.2686887

Ubuntu and Debian

>> No.2686953
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2686953

Ι'd јuѕt lіkе tο іntеrјесt fοr а mοmеnt. Wһаt уοu'rе rеfеrrіng tο аѕ Lіnux, іѕ іn fасt, GΝU/Lіnux, οr аѕ Ι'vе rесеntlу tаkеn tο саllіng іt, GΝU рluѕ Lіnux. Lіnux іѕ nοt аn οреrаtіng ѕуѕtеm untο іtѕеlf, but rаtһеr аnοtһеr frее сοmрοnеnt οf а fullу funсtіοnіng GΝU ѕуѕtеm mаdе uѕеful bу tһе GΝU сοrеlіbѕ, ѕһеll utіlіtіеѕ аnd vіtаl ѕуѕtеm сοmрοnеntѕ сοmрrіѕіng а full OS аѕ dеfіnеd bу ΡOSΙX.
Mаnу сοmрutеr uѕеrѕ run а mοdіfіеd vеrѕіοn οf tһе GΝU ѕуѕtеm еvеrу dау, wіtһοut rеаlіzіng іt. Τһrοugһ а ресulіаr turn οf еvеntѕ, tһе vеrѕіοn οf GΝU wһісһ іѕ wіdеlу uѕеd tοdау іѕ οftеn саllеd "Lіnux", аnd mаnу οf іtѕ uѕеrѕ аrе nοt аwаrе tһаt іt іѕ bаѕісаllу tһе GΝU ѕуѕtеm, dеvеlοреd bу tһе GΝU Ρrοјесt.
Τһеrе rеаllу іѕ а Lіnux, аnd tһеѕе реοрlе аrе uѕіng іt, but іt іѕ јuѕt а раrt οf tһе ѕуѕtеm tһеу uѕе. Lіnux іѕ tһе kеrnеl: tһе рrοgrаm іn tһе ѕуѕtеm tһаt аllοсаtеѕ tһе mасһіnе'ѕ rеѕοurсеѕ tο tһе οtһеr рrοgrаmѕ tһаt уοu run. Τһе kеrnеl іѕ аn еѕѕеntіаl раrt οf аn οреrаtіng ѕуѕtеm, but uѕеlеѕѕ bу іtѕеlf; іt саn οnlу funсtіοn іn tһе сοntеxt οf а сοmрlеtе οреrаtіng ѕуѕtеm. Lіnux іѕ nοrmаllу uѕеd іn сοmbіnаtіοn wіtһ tһе GΝU οреrаtіng ѕуѕtеm: tһе wһοlе ѕуѕtеm іѕ bаѕісаllу GΝU wіtһ Lіnux аddеd, οr GΝU/Lіnux. All tһе ѕο-саllеd "Lіnux" dіѕtrіbutіοnѕ аrе rеаllу dіѕtrіbutіοnѕ οf GΝU/Lіnux.

>> No.2686960

Whichever one happens to lie around within reach.

On another note, care to explain how this pertains to science?

>> No.2686991

Slackware - Love the philosophy, KISS.
Also, it just works.

>> No.2686998

Running Ubuntu, but the super friendly hippie attitude is fucking annoying. Also lol at the Apple-like policy with evolution and that shit.
Probably going to try Mint next time it really annoys me.

>> No.2687033

>>2686998
Mint is ubuntu with different color scheme

>> No.2687035

>>2686991

THIS

Using Slackware again now after having used Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE for the past few months. It's good to be back.

>> No.2687048

i want something that has no graphic interface, that comes with basic command line tools like gawk + gcc, but really, really, nothing more. that doesn't take 4GB, has no problem with drivers and installs offline.

halp?

>> No.2687053

also, if we're here already, i want a pony.

>> No.2687060

>>2687048
LFS, download all packages you need beforehand and write them to some external support so you won't need internet.

>> No.2687064

>>2687060

hugggs.

>> No.2687083

>>2687035
I used to be a slackware user, it was my first and will probably always be my favorite distro at heart, but it's just not as good as Debian anymore. Even with slapt-get you can't beat APT for convenience or practicality. It's Debian's strongest point, and goddamn I love it. Even if I wish it was on Slackware at heart.

>> No.2687087

Crunchbang has been behaving like a fucking retard, so I might as well just download Slackware. It seems like the good distro everyone ignores, then run in a VM and see if it has any problems in particular with the goddom drivers or Lispbox.

Wait, can I still sudo apt-get from Slackware? :3

>> No.2687089

Ubuntu for dextop.
Mint for converting heretics.

>> No.2687101

>>2687083
I can't stand apt. You loose control of your system, but that's probably just me though.. I rarely install new software, so the 3 extra minutes it takes to install something is totally worth it.

>> No.2687115

SLAX
It saved my Win 7 installation once, no other Linux was as useful to me as that one.

>> No.2687118

>>2687087

No.

>>2687083

I share this >>2687101 poster's views. I dislike having to use package managers, giving up control and relying on some outside source to choose what is available. If a package is not in the repos and I'm used to apt-get installing it, then I usually just won't install it as it's too much of a hassle to get it working with the weird configuration of the system.

Instead on Slackware I compile everything so I know it front and back, plus I know all the library versions I've installed, if there's a problem I can recompile some of them with the debug options and run through the errors, etc. XFCE Slackware is my favorite, minimal, very light on resources, very UNIX-like and simple. Also pretty secure by default.