The 'best' distro is simply a matter of opinion, and sometimes brand loyalty. As for the most popular, among newbies its definately between RH [now Fedora] and Mandrake simply because they are the easiest to install/run.
However, once people get accustomed to linux they often decide they want more from thier computer [probably one reason to switch from windows in the first place] and opt away from binary distros. Typically a lot of people try Debian. Although Debian has binary packages also. Of course I know nothing about suse, slack, or 10000 other distros, but suse is definately popular. As for me, I use [and love] Gentoo. disclaimer This email is based purely on observation and has no surveyed data to back it...that I know of. :) Have fun with linux, btw! On January 4, 2004 09:46 pm, Doug Boyd wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to the linux arena. I'm curious if a survey has been done to > determine the most popular flavour of linux among the Calgary Linux > Users Group. I'm currently using Fedora, but am thinking of giving SUSE > a try. > Which flavour do Cluggers recommend for learning linux with? > > Thanks, > > Doug (linux newbie) > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca -- Nick W (nickw77 at shaw.ca) Registered Linux User #324288 (http://counter.li.org) MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: foolish_gambit ICQ: 303276221 Trusting Microsoft with your computing is like trusting your dog with a steak. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
