On 5/15/2011 5:04 AM, Roy wrote: I am currently running CentOS on my primary Desktop. I began running Linux with Red Hat 6 or 7, and continued through RHEL 3, so I guess I followed the track of learning one distro, and learning it well.
> FreeBSD I ran FreeBSD as a server briefly, and switched to OpenBSD, which I have now been running for web/email/whatever services since v.3.something...long time. It's rock solid, 24/7/365, requiring a reboot maybe once every year, when I pull the cover on the server and blow the dust out of the case. I would not recommend it to a newbie, though... very hackish. > Slax I ran Slackware back in the day... before GUI's became popular, and grabbed Slax' Live-CD to do diagnostic and repair. Now there are a bunch of great *nix Live CD/DVD distros, some for basic Desktop/Web surfing, some with great sets of diagnostic/repair tools. One specialised *nix Live CD that gets a lot of use, is 'Offline NT Password and Registry Editor', which is designed specifically to permit an experienced user to repair damaged Microsoft Windows installs, and erase/replace lost and forgotten passwords. In my daily computer usage, I use only a few basic apps. I used to write a lot of C/C++, so gcc is a necessary evil, and I rely on a lot of command line tools and pipes to get things done. On the GUI interface, it's browsers and email, and Freecell. :) After...sheesh... 20+ years in front of a console, on the job, the shine sort of wears off. -- http://www.robertwittig.com/ http://robertwittig.net/ http://robertwittig.org/ . ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
