What's your favorite Linux desktop distribution?
By zlysoso
@zlysoso (28)
China
16 responses
@locksmith (106)
• Venezuela
15 Sep 07
well if going to experiment you will find ubuntu so limited. Ubuntu makes linux too easy (with all those apps pre-installed) and some people use it with no idea whats linux. My first distro was ubuntu 5.10, but in 2 weeks i change it to fedora, and then in 2 months i change it to Arch.
Ubuntu like Fedora, is not 100% customizable, i had problems changing desktop environment because them have too many applications pre-installed. With Arch you have what you want and nothing crash.
Try to change your desktop to xfce, blackbox or another. You will get a trouble.
@dannym (1)
• Philippines
31 Aug 07
I use Ubuntu and loving it. It's so easy to install and pretty much detected my hardware and peripherals. I'm so dumbfounded with compiz fusion and beryl and it so leaves windows on the dust.
The only thing that keeps me coming back to windows are the apps that linux lack. Like Skpye, although it comes with its linux flavor, it lacks the webcam functionality. So I end up using windows to run skype just for that. Other than that, linux pretty much have counterparts for windows based programs, and probably does 'em better.
Microsoft has the market share now, and mac is trailing behind. But sooner than later, Linux will catch-up and that possibility is as clear as day.
My two cents worth...
@emiliano75 (680)
• Italy
1 Sep 07
I totally agree... i use ubuntu since 2 years, i am very sotisfed and i'm waiting the stable version: Gutsy gibbon (7.10).
I feel ubuntu very interesting and is possible ask and have help on the most forum that support this linux distro.
@DarkDancer (1011)
• Dayton, Ohio
15 Sep 07
I love Ubuntu, if it wasn't for games I wouldn't use Windows at all.
@locksmith (106)
• Venezuela
15 Sep 07
also arch is the most stable i ever seen, you get what you want and thats it.
@swaroop_sv2003 (531)
• India
13 Sep 07
Opensuse is my favorite and been using suse Linux for the past 3 years from suse 9. I tried ubuntu and I just cant understand why it got so popular. I didnt mean to offend anyone using it. But when I compared it with opensuse I was missing a whole lot of features. So my choice is opensuse.
@jeyaprakash84 (69)
• India
5 Nov 07
I like opensuse as it completely supports my hardware configuration. Other distros like PC Linux OS, Mandriva, Fedora are also good..
@jeyaprakash84 (69)
• India
5 Nov 07
I use opnesuse and I like that very much as it completely supports my laptop's harware configuration. Other distros like Mandriva, Fedora, PC Linux OS are also good...
@adityachandra (46)
• India
12 Sep 07
I am working in a corporate firm here we use Linux Suse distribution and at my home i would like to use Ubuntu......
