I tend to prefer either Suse or Ubuntu for that sort of setup. Suse has
more apps out of the box, but Personally, I prefer Apt-get and the
various GUI front ends for it to Yast. Yast's online update
capabilities never quite work as well as I would like. Nothing I can
put my finger on, but I'd prefer Ubuntu here. I know at least a few of
the guys on here are running Athlon 64s with Ubuntu. I'm not sure if I
know anyone who is doing so with Suse.
-Mike
"Software Engineering is that part of Computer Science which is too
difficult for the Computer Scientist." --— F. L. Bauer.
On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 00:56 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> So someone help me out here:
>
> I'm primarily a NetBSD user (for about 8 years now) - I converted
> after I realized that OpenBSD crashes too much due to poorly written
> drivers (this was around OpenBSD 2.x) and I really didn't like the
> elitist attitude of the userbase. Fortunately, NetBSD and OpenBSD
> feel almost identical so the switch was easy. I've used Solaris for a
> few years too, and Digital Unix (before it came Tru64 or whatever it's
> called these days), so I have good Unix experience.
>
> As of recently, I've converted my desktop machine at work to OS X. I
> like it a lot, but I still run Windows on my home computer so I can
> stay productive (I need Photoshop, and no Gimp is not the same!). Now
> I'm considering adding Linux so I can make use of my dual core Athlon
> 64.
>
> That said, what's the most desktop-friendly, out-of-the-box pretty,
> everything-is-automated, and bloated Linux distro these days?
> Processor and RAM aren't a problem, I just want something pleasing to
> the eye that comes with lots of useful applications. I don't feel
> like compiling crap either. This distro chooser tells me I should
> install SuSE. Does everyone agree?
>
>
>
> On 1/14/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I agree..
> >
> > This tool is a great idea but I think it need some work. I took the test
> > a bunch of times and among other things got WAY to many Linspire
> > reccomendations ~shivvver ~.
> >
> > It also does not ask about support. Especialy for a new users or a
> > business system you may want to use something you can buy support on in
> > an emergency.
> >
> > Mark Ellister
> >
> >
> > T. Joseph CARTER wrote:
> >
> > >On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 09:11:25AM -0800, Bob Miller wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>>Going with basic criteria (somewhere between "desktop user" and
> > >>>experienced) I ended up with Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Suse, Debian.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>Yeah, I also got four recommendations.
> > >>
> > >>I like that it gives a short list instead of just saying "You are a
> > >>Mandriva user."
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >I don't know, it seems to be very full of stereotypical responses. For
> > >example, it recommends Debian to me based solely on the answer to the
> > >question of my experience level being advanced or expert. If I tell it
> > >advanced, it offers me just Ubuntu. Debian's not all that high on the
> > >expertise requirement scale, though I know it is reputed to be preferred
> > >by the best and brightest.
> > >
> > >Bugs (which have been fixed) notwithstanding, the install process of
> > >Debian that is "so hard" is the one of Ubuntu that is "so easy". They
> > >also don't ask someone of high skill level how much screwing-with-it they
> > >want to do. Debian is disqualified by the fact that I have about zero
> > >interest in sitting down to carefully fine-tune a kernel config for my
> > >custom hardware setup. There's just no advantage to doing that anymore
> > >that offsets the time it takes for me to configure and maintain it.
> > >
> > >Debian technically doesn't require that even, it's just that Ubuntu's
> > >kernels tend to have more desktop-class-hardware support included by
> > >default whereas Debian default kernels are generally more workstation
> > >oriented. Both have basics like sound drivers for modern PCI sound chips
> > >and the like.
> > >
> > >I am not surprised that it basically leads me to Ubuntu though, given my
> > >preference for anything-but-rpm. I came to the same conclusion.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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