Comments on: The Best General Purpose Linux Distributions http://fourforces.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/the-best-general-purpose-linux-distributions/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:37:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: likenota.com http://fourforces.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/the-best-general-purpose-linux-distributions/#comment-147 likenota.com Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:16:41 +0000 http://fourforces.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-147 From my experience and from what i've used, I think ubuntu with its install scripts and its handy synaptics manager are by far amazing, making it above the other distros.... Even know fedora is nice to get it wants to charge you for some codecs which defeats the whole purpose of having a free operating system. (you can get around it but still) From my experience and from what i’ve used, I think ubuntu with its install scripts and its handy synaptics manager are by far amazing, making it above the other distros…. Even know fedora is nice to get it wants to charge you for some codecs which defeats the whole purpose of having a free operating system. (you can get around it but still)

]]> By: Marcelo http://fourforces.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/the-best-general-purpose-linux-distributions/#comment-37 Marcelo Tue, 13 May 2008 16:58:41 +0000 http://fourforces.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-37 What is with MEPIS Linux? Is better out of the box than Ubuntu and have by default Mediacodecs, Java and Flash active.. DesktopBSD what is one version of FreeBSD with full graphic installation and desktop have out of the box better media support than Ubuntu. What is with MEPIS Linux?

Is better out of the box than Ubuntu and have by default Mediacodecs, Java and Flash active.. DesktopBSD what is one version of FreeBSD with full graphic installation and desktop have out of the box better media support than Ubuntu.

]]> By: LinuxCanuck http://fourforces.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/the-best-general-purpose-linux-distributions/#comment-36 LinuxCanuck Sun, 11 May 2008 15:24:24 +0000 http://fourforces.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-36 A great little distro that is the Debian equivalent of PCLOS is SimplyMEPIS. It is frequently overlooked in blogs such as this. I recommend it for newbies because it has great hardware detection, it includes restricted drivers and codecs by default and it has great tools for re-writing grub, networking and more. Being Debian, it uses Synaptic and has the second biggest repositories next only to Ubuntu. It is solid and comes in both 32 and 64-bit versions. It also has a light version called antiX for older computers. For MAC users is comes with a migration tool. It is the only distro that I know of that supports MAC users as well as Windows users. You can't get much better than MEPIS for being well rounded for every day use. A great little distro that is the Debian equivalent of PCLOS is SimplyMEPIS. It is frequently overlooked in blogs such as this. I recommend it for newbies because it has great hardware detection, it includes restricted drivers and codecs by default and it has great tools for re-writing grub, networking and more.

Being Debian, it uses Synaptic and has the second biggest repositories next only to Ubuntu. It is solid and comes in both 32 and 64-bit versions. It also has a light version called antiX for older computers. For MAC users is comes with a migration tool. It is the only distro that I know of that supports MAC users as well as Windows users. You can’t get much better than MEPIS for being well rounded for every day use.

]]> By: Anders http://fourforces.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/the-best-general-purpose-linux-distributions/#comment-32 Anders Sat, 10 May 2008 18:04:02 +0000 http://fourforces.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-32 Linux Mint is the best that has happened to the Linux world ever - Thank You Clem (and everybody else) for dreaming this up and making it a reality! Linux Mint is the best that has happened to the Linux world ever – Thank You Clem (and everybody else) for dreaming this up and making it a reality!

]]> By: Oncle Jean http://fourforces.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/the-best-general-purpose-linux-distributions/#comment-31 Oncle Jean Sat, 10 May 2008 17:50:05 +0000 http://fourforces.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-31 Hi, There's Ark Linux: - Very easy to install and use - Very fast - Supports APT and RPM - Wonderful concept - Its "Mission Control" is a great addition - Very good programs come with the distro Oncle Jean Hi,

There’s Ark Linux:

- Very easy to install and use
- Very fast
- Supports APT and RPM
- Wonderful concept
- Its “Mission Control” is a great addition
- Very good programs come with the distro

Oncle Jean

]]> By: Ariszló http://fourforces.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/the-best-general-purpose-linux-distributions/#comment-30 Ariszló Sat, 10 May 2008 17:37:43 +0000 http://fourforces.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-30 “Ubuntu is an ancient African word, meaning humanity to others.” Sounds great but not true. It only means people and it is only as ancient as "people" which is an ancient European word meaning more than person. http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheDefinitionOfUbuntuMarketingTheNewLinuxDistro.aspx “Ubuntu is an ancient African word, meaning humanity to others.”

Sounds great but not true. It only means people and it is only as ancient as “people” which is an ancient European word meaning more than person.

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheDefinitionOfUbuntuMarketingTheNewLinuxDistro.aspx

]]> By: petitbob http://fourforces.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/the-best-general-purpose-linux-distributions/#comment-29 petitbob Sat, 10 May 2008 17:21:43 +0000 http://fourforces.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-29 hello, you have forgotten Mandriva and Debian ! @+ petitbob hello,

you have forgotten Mandriva and Debian !

@+ petitbob

]]> By: SaigonNezumi (Kevin) http://fourforces.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/the-best-general-purpose-linux-distributions/#comment-28 SaigonNezumi (Kevin) Sat, 10 May 2008 17:07:21 +0000 http://fourforces.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-28 Can't believe I have Linux Mint 4 KDE going on my Thinkpad T60 and Custom Desktop. I was running Gentoo and FreeBSD a month ago on both of them :-) All distros are good. Just play around until you find the one you like. Can’t believe I have Linux Mint 4 KDE going on my Thinkpad T60 and Custom Desktop. I was running Gentoo and FreeBSD a month ago on both of them :-) All distros are good. Just play around until you find the one you like.

]]> By: Phil http://fourforces.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/the-best-general-purpose-linux-distributions/#comment-27 Phil Sat, 10 May 2008 16:38:57 +0000 http://fourforces.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-27 I have been running Mint on an old Dell C610 laptop for about 3 months. It is a great distro. I only use the laptop for basics (i.e. Mail, Web, Documents) and it handles it all very well. I especially like how they did their menu system It is a good distro to start anyone new to Linux. Give it a try sometime. I have been running Mint on an old Dell C610 laptop for about 3 months. It is a great distro. I only use the laptop for basics (i.e. Mail, Web, Documents) and it handles it all very well.

I especially like how they did their menu system

It is a good distro to start anyone new to Linux.

Give it a try sometime.

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