On Fri, 2012-04-06 at 21:06 +0100, Glenn Korbey wrote: > Hi all, > > I am sure this has been asked before, and I am only asking out of idle > curiosity.. > What is your preferred distribution of Linux? It seems most of the list > is based on Ubuntu or some derivative (or even Debian) > > Personally I'm on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (the rolling release version of > OpenSUSE) and liking it very much, though perhaps lacking in app > selection in the repositories, however that is not a big issue, I can > always compile my own :D Biggest bugbear for me was the poor font > rendering. Unlike Ubuntu flavours, OpenSuse doesn't have nice looking > fonts by default, of course this was easily fixed by a community > repository with updated freetype2 and related stuff but it would have > been nice to have it enabled by default as per Ubuntu related. > > Anyway, what's your favourite? I should add I mean for desktop use > rather than server use, but it's all relevant! > > Glenn
Years ago, when I wanted to get my students aware of Linux, I obtained copies of fedora/Suse from HP /IBM and as many other variants as I could find off mag covers or download. My favourite was Mandrake for a few years until in metamorphosed into Mandriva. I am now I guess firmly ensconced in Kubuntu on my desktop, though I still like Xubuntu. I am not a true blue CLI user, but get along with it when I have to. I hazard a comment that your question can be broken down into two parts - Which version of linux, and which desktop GUI? Peter M. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-05-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:[email protected] How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
