I trust the regulars here more than their "experts"
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| Author | Content |
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| jdixon Mar 16, 2016 4:54 PM EDT |
I'm certain the regulars here could give folks much better evaluations that Matt Hartley and Bruce Byfield. |
| kikinovak Mar 16, 2016 6:06 PM EDT |
1. Slackware 2. YMMV |
| jdixon Mar 16, 2016 8:17 PM EDT |
> 1. Slackware 2. YMMV Well, obviously I agree. :) But there are lots of folks here who have lots of experience with a number of distros. |
| penguinist Mar 16, 2016 8:19 PM EDT |
Each use-case has its own best linux distro. For example, here is how I am currently deploying: For servers: CentOS 6 (not CentOS 7) For RPis: Raspbian For desktops and notebooks: Fedora (with multi-boots for slackware, ubuntu, debian, arch and gentoo) For Odroids: Ubuntu For Wifi Routers: ddwrt |
| seatex Mar 17, 2016 12:23 PM EDT |
Well, Linux Mint was #2 on both of their lists, and has been my #1 for newbs for sometime now. However, I've been running Ubuntu Mate 16.04 Beta for the past couple of weeks on my HP AMD A10-8700P Carrizo laptop, and it is impressing me as another fine newb-friendly distro. |
| Steven_Rosenber Mar 17, 2016 4:50 PM EDT |
Honestly, what works for you is what's best for you, and you have to look at what all the various distros/projects are about and then try what looks good. Your philosophy/beliefs, your hardware and your use case(s) -- all are factors. |
| Heather Mar 20, 2016 5:19 PM EDT |
I started with Ubuntu but ended up liking Mint. Maybe my favorite chocolate mint ice cream had something to do with that. :) |
| jdixon Mar 20, 2016 5:22 PM EDT |
> For servers: CentOS 6 (not CentOS 7) Systemd concerns? |
| penguinist Mar 20, 2016 5:33 PM EDT |
Exactamente my friend. As far as I'm concerned, the jury is still out on systemd. My mission critical systems are all holding at CentOS 6 specifically because of systemd. I'm not the only sysadmin holding this view. |
| jdixon Mar 20, 2016 9:07 PM EDT |
> As far as I'm concerned, the jury is still out on systemd. My mission critical systems are all holding at CentOS 6 specifically because of systemd. Sensbile. I suspect Red Hat is seeing the same thing. I wonder what they'll do to alleviate their customers' concerns. |
| Steven_Rosenber Mar 20, 2016 11:47 PM EDT |
I run a CentOS 6 server. Since I also run Fedora, it wouldn't kill me to move to CentOS 7. |
| gary_newell Mar 24, 2016 2:14 PM EDT |
Bruce Byfield said I have never installed Knoppix to a disk and probably never will. That is good to hear because Knoppix is a live distribution and isn't meant to be installed |
| linux4567 Mar 24, 2016 6:13 PM EDT |
@penguinist: I'm right with you with regards to Centos 6 for servers and just like you I have no intention of using Centos 7 or any other systemd distro on a server. |
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