The real answer IMHO is that there is no answer to "which is best."
The fact is that there are so many distos tailored to specific needs that it's a little like asking "which is the best wine." There is not universally best wine -- it depends on one's taste. I like Shiraz; my wife likes Merlot; my best friend likes Sangria. And, like wine, there are some varieties that make good table wines for any occasion: Mandriva, Suse, Fedora, Ubuntu are all good for the table. But, if you have a more individual taste, all you can really do it try a little wine tasting. Go to www.distrowatch.com and see whats available. Who knows -- you might like a distro tailored for Christians, Moslems, hackers, video fans, gamers, folk with old computers, folk with small computers, whatever. Unlike Windows, Linux is not one-size-fits-all. If you a fire-and-forget distro, choose any of the big names. Otherwise, experiment and have fun. billo On Sat, 8 Nov 2008, hari k wrote: > try Redhat Linux with Grub boot loader > > On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 2:27 PM, svega85 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> I agree with hereandthere ubuntu is awsome. >> >> On Nov 7, 5:59 am, hereandthere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Ubuntu 8.10 is one of the most widely supported. The website for the >>> forums is:http://www.ubuntufourms.org/ >>> >>> and, it's has a lot of features. There would be a lot of help, should >>> you run into trouble. >>> >>> On Nov 3, 4:55 pm, Matthew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> hello all, >>> >>>> I'm getting ready to reload my piece of crap windows server with >>>> linux - my overall goal is to use that computer as a media server to >>>> host my music and movies to the other computers in my home. >>> >>>> It's your run of the mill commercial PC, with a few bells and >>>> whistles added (a PCI wireless ethernet card, and a few extra Gb of >>>> RAM added). >>> >>>> I've got some experience in Linux, however not enough to really be >>>> confident in what I'm doing. Does anyone have any suggestions? >>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Matthew >>> >>> >>> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
