I still like Ubuntu as a base (all the things I loved about Debian with a little bit more to make life easier). I am not a fan of Unity or Gnome 3.
These days I flip back and forth between KDE and XFCE on top of Ubuntu 13.04. As always GPU drivers remain problematic (I am back to nVidia with proprietary drivers on my desktop). The open source radeon drivers seem to be getting worse. Intel iGPUs are still my favorite under Linux. On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Mel Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you are asking an opinion pole, I think some sort of Ubunto would > tend to win? I personally like Debian Stable 7.1.0 on my machines, and > use Virtualbox om my workstation for trying out Debian Testing and other > distributions. Also I use Virtualbox to try some new programs that still > have problems running on Stable. > > That being said, I have had little time lately for trying out many new > or novel distributions. > > The reason I like Debian is because it has a way of looking after > itself, especially if you can stick to the "Debian Way". > > The eclectic magic that shows up at CLUG meetings is the rich and varied > opinions we all bring to it. > > Mel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn <[email protected]> > Reply-to: CLUG General <[email protected]> > To: CLUG General <[email protected]> > Subject: [clug-talk] Distro? > Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 22:28:27 -0600 > Mailer: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130804 > Thunderbird/17.0.8 > > I know we've all heard the question many times, but it has been a while > since I have changed distros and am looking for opinions on what > distro's are working well for people. > > I'm about to rebuild my laptop with a new (larger) SSD. The laptop is > currently running Ubuntu with the KDE desktop, and has some problems > with my hardware. (occasional graphics glitches, sound issues, external > video issues, etc.) The laptop has become a primary workstation for me, > rather than an occasional use box like it was in the past. So these > issues are becoming frustrating. I think it is time to try another > distro. Something that works well for PHP based web development, and > still supports daily desktop use well. > > Other than Debian, what are other decent options at the moment? I might > try out Fedora/Red Hat, but Arch looks interesting, as do some others. > > I can easily do the trial and error thing, but I'm wondering what others > are using these days (other than Ubuntu), and why. > > Thanks for any input. > > Shawn > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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