Ubuntu is pretty bloated, at least to me. I put it on a 10GB partition, and it took up 9.3GB of it without installing anything else. It includes a lot of things that a lot of people will never use, and with such large repositories, why are they pre-installed? As for use of system resources, it uses about 200mb RAM idle with default settings, and about 100mb idle with Fluxbox. I also do not like how they took GNU/Linux and turned it into an everyday man's OS. Now I can't go on a Linux forum without reading a retarded question like "how do I install a different desktop environment?" I recommend Arch, because you can customize it however you want. There is no bloatware. I recommend Debian, because it is the second oldest actively developed distro, so it is more stable. It also has the largest repositories available in any distro. I recommend SliTaz, because it is easy to use, and does not require an up to date computer to use. It can run quite easily with 32mb of RAM, and have room for a simple web browser like Midori. I find it to be more stable than Ubuntu in my personal experience. It also doesn't have small repositories, but they are not massive. They have an upwards of 1,500 packages available, which is rare to find in distros targeted at older computers.
TL;DR: Stability, and performance. @Espionage: If you have hours to spend waiting for programs to compile, then Gentoo is great. On Jan 5, 4:21 pm, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > Why do you recommend those? And why not ubuntu? > > On 5 Jan, 22:20, Derp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Linux is a kernel. > > But, my vote goes for GNU/Linux. Do not, I repeat DO NOT USE UBUNTU. I > > recommend Arch, Debian, or SliTaz. > > > On Jan 5, 12:02 pm, Namige <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Which is a better OS for general usage such as web browsing? Linux or > > > Windows 7. > > > > On Jan 5, 5:58 pm, Namige <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > @Mad Beast > > > > > You are running it in directx 9, I had the same problem until I ran it > > > > in directx 8.1 > > > > > -dxlevel 81 is the command line > > > > > On Jan 4, 9:01 pm, MAD_BEAST <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I downloaded COUNTER SRTIKE SOURCE ORANGEBOX > > > > > > i runs very well but i had to unistall it cause it gave me those weird > > > > > lines BIG lines of colors across the screen they appeared and > > > > > disappeared sometimes... i just couldnt make it if someone has a fix > > > > > for that pls share i added the command lines to the target and others > > > > > by console but nothing worked -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
