Which distro

[Druid]

Debian lenny 4.0 (laptop)
Ubuntu 5.10 (old pc)

So what do you use?

[mindtrick]

Archlinux is my favorite distro.

[sWiFT]

Centos 4
Fedora 8
FreeBSD 6

[ReyMysterio]

Desktop - Fedora
Laptop - Ubuntu

[thegoodbadguy]

Mandriva Linux- old pc

[smileee]

currently PClinuxOS

[Lyoko is Cool]

Mandriva as well

[DasFox]

There are lots of great distros, I wrote a TUT on this you can read here:

http://evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=175951

PEACE

[phrozen]

open suse

[KRoCk85]

ubuntu

[kanc3r]

SuSe turned to the dark side and cut a deal with MS. It was never one I cared for anyway. Love debian style apt-get to install programs. RedHat style stuff is looking real good too now that its moved from rpm based installion to yum. Always did like its system-config* and chkconfig stuff for easy configuration altho the real serious stuff is always gonna be to done at the command line

[acidinvites]

Fedora 8, or Ubuntu 8.04!! ;) Although Ubuntu had some nasty bugs that made quite a fuss getting things installed, so I've since reverted back to prior versions.

[maccam912]

I would go with Ubuntu, especially the 7.10 (I think) alternate install CD which gives you the option to encrypt the entire hard drive except for the bare essentials needed to boot. If someone steals your hard drive and you chose a good password on install, just laugh as they try to decrypt your hard drive. I have both my desktop and server encrypted.

If there is any other linux OS that does this I would consider switching, but this is a must for me.

[fishbulb06]

Ubuntu

[mystiq]

For masochist Gentoo for usual user Ubuntu.

[Ribb3ntrop]

What would be a good one for a really crappy laptop computer?

[tenma]

What would be a good one for a really crappy laptop computer?

Try Xubuntu.

The Xfce environment does not require fast hardware.

[adsharma23]

Ubuntu
i tried a few others before but ubuntu has got me running Linux on my Macbook Pro :0

[culbert]

What would be a good one for a really crappy laptop computer?


I'm liking TinyMe which is a deriative of PCLinuxOS.
They have recently released a new version "2008" and works very well on my old 600MHz Celeron / 186 MB RAM laptop.

[culbert]

I'm using Mandriva 2008.1 on my desktop and newer laptop
Fedora 8 on the server
and TinyMe 2008 on my old junky laptop.

[KongShaoLong]

openSUSE

[ohmar]

On my laptop I mainly use the latest Ubuntu release. A few of my roommates use my laptop as well and they love it! I also have backtrack on there to mess around with.

[justg84]

xubuntu 7.10

[GomeZ]

Gotta love gentoo, but a close second is ubuntu/debian or slackware :)

[tikuna]

1) damn small linux
2) xubuntu

[woleium]

debian sid for servers,

slax for hacking.

[Mysser]

Tried alot of different distributions, but hands down, ubuntu has always been the best :).

[audacity232]

Debian "Etch"
Ubuntu "Gutsy"

[Fish]

Debian 4 on my serverlappy, and usually got ubuntu on doubleboot on my desktop, which I don't have right now though... too lazy to defrag and install ... :P

[roxbury]

I use Ubuntu 6.0.6 and like it.

Red Hat Enterprise 4 is pretty good, too.

[jack18]

ubuntu for start..
debian for daily use

[erasil]

only debian!

[gjwwe]

Ubuntu 8!!! Pretty slick because my computer can handle the nice GUI you get with it.
Xubuntu...8? on my old toshiba sattalite. It's old but Xubu runs pretty well even though it has a Pentium II lol. Gotta love Xfce :)

[Fish]

I'm running ubuntu 8.04 atm... It's really good, don't have to use all that time config things and what not, can get right onto using linux, which is nice... And loving rtorrent and irssi, and oh yeh, openssl server <3

[regression]

im running kubuntu hardy heron with kde 4.1 installed :)

[oker1]

debian lenny with xfce @ work, home, and on my mom's old p3 for browsing :)
xubuntu hardy on notebook
debian etch on servers

[UltraUser]

ubuntu

[regression]

Kubuntu with Kde 4.1

[imayez]

thanksssssss

[andey]

im running on a thinkpad x40 with fedora 9 and gnome 2.0+

[Akhenaten616]

Ubuntu Hardy Heron

[raki]

i'm using Pardus 2008

[nGage]

I use Fedora 9/SuSe 10.3

[Jonhyota]

Ubuntu feisty

[xXxCloudxXx]

Backtrack 3 is great

ubuntu

[ora]

Fedora 9 and BT3. I tend to use Fedora most of the time though.

[tamphex]

debian. few years ago, i'd vote slackware.

[ledoc]

gentoo here,
debian is nice too (but i still prefer gentoo for a desktop :) )

[ripjak]

ubuntu, because its easy

[bigmatt]

debian = server
gentoo = desktop
fedora = laptop
simple :)

[thanion]

kubuntu...... no never mind thats to much awesomness to be linux.

[mret]

Ubuntu as well :p

[adamjosef]

For normal user its Ubuntu, thats clear.
For server Debian is the way and for users who want to completele make the system by their way its Arch.

[plapand]

I played with Ubuntu and Fedora...
Ubuntu is really well set-up out of the box, I recommend it! (even for those who have no previous experience with linux. it's very intuitive and easy to use)

[bokoio]

old and verryyyyyyyyyy good slak...

[gegge]

Debian rulez!!!

[bsf]

I ran Gentoo for 2 years as a desktop. Went back to windows and now im in OSX. Gave Ubuntu a try on the desktop but it seems way too buggy for me on new hardware.

For server i would say debian, for desktop i've been hearing good things about Fedora 10:

http://fedoraproject.org/

[dtk25]

Ubuntu or Mint.

See this link
http://distrowatch.com/

[MeccoKushi]

Ubuntu, currently Intrepid 8.10, but I always keep it current. Very few problems, though i am not useing anything very old or very new.

I use debian for my server.

[aspen23]

Anything Debian

[diogenezl]

Ubuntu - running my server.
OpenSUSE - testing on laptop

[manatee]

Ubuntu 8.10 on my laptop. It works great and I'm going to switch to 9.04 on my stationary

[maxxtor]

Xubuntu on old PC, OpenSUSE as dualboot.

[cttu]

testing FreeBSD 7.1 on an old server…
but don't have 'nough time atm for extensive testing, damn >.<

[kingrat65]

slackware

[Prometheus]

Right now openSUSE 11.1 with GNOME (which I have killed) so time for a re-install :(
It is run on a VM.

[GistKt]

Ubuntu 8.10

[bm90]

2 x Ubuntu 8.04 (8.10 doesn't work very well with my soundcard :() (and haven't tried 9.04)

[AkaMod]

Kubuntu 9.04 and Open SuSE 11 on Home Desktop and CentOS 5 on my server.

[timczer]

Using Ubuntu 8.10. Holding off on upgrading to 9.04. I like to let them simmer for awhile to make sure there are no big issues with the upgrade.

[caramba0]

Ubuntu & (real)Debian

[ubor]

I use Ubuntu because it is easy to use and easy to configure. The speed is also not that bad. I also have tried Arch Linux, which is a pain to configure, but the end result is a super fast installation optimized for your computer. Other distros I've used include OpenSuse, Fedora and PCLinuxOS. They are all good beginner distros. You can't go wrong with any of these distros.

[bitmyej]

When I first started... I used a relatively less-known distro called Xandros. Reason was that I heard it was capable of installing microsoft office on it (now I realise you can do it on every distro using wine). More recently... I've been getting into Ubuntu 8.04. Its fantastic for linux-noobies like me.

[desert_punk]

Fedora 3 ( back in 2005)
Ubuntu live distro every now and then, but im mostly a windows monkey

[itAyXD]

linux mint

[snrnld]

Ubuntu & Fedora.

[headcase]

I've just taken the leap to Linux this year, and if I hadn't payed for my Windows OSs in the past, I would switch to Ubuntu permanently. Ubuntu has the best support and community, IMO, and for a beginner in Linux this is absolutely key.

[dtrik1706]

anyone new to linux, I would reccomend using a more difficult distro or lesser known to setup and use at first. when you get used to using a harder distro, you'll run circles around the common ubuntu user (as everything in ubuntu is setup for you)
I have a bunch of Linux distro's that i use for various purposes... in the end it's all about what you like best.

[GregF]

I mainly use debian and backtrack. I find they suit my needs very well

[Robotnik]

Debian.

Best community, best packages, good stuff.

[simon]

Ubuntu, I have been using it for about 6 months and it works great...I am really starting to like this whole Linux thing :) Although I still think that you do need Windows....

[adamjosef]

Ubuntu is great for new users, but for experienced I do not recommed it - too many layers. I use ArchLinux - very clean, simple you can do it your way. For server purposes there is no reason not to use stability of Debian.

[neorazvan]

On my old PC I run Ubuntu 9.04. Works just fine.

[funfrog]

I use Debian Lenny

[rHector^]

Ubuntu mainly 8.04 LTS for the servers and 9.04 for the rest.

[Loni]

Ubuntu, I also tried Knoppix, Kubuntu, Fedora, OpenSuse
but now I have ubuntu

[haTem]

Arch Linux.

pacman is the fastest package manager I've ever used. Together with the AUR and 3rd party repos, they pretty much cover any package you would ever want.

[uat88]

I like Slackware, SuSe and Ubuntu. They are all very good.

[puj]

Tried a few, settled on Ubuntu

[LifeSource]

I'm interested in using Linux somewhere down the line, can anyone recommend to me which are the best available. Alot of users seem to be enjoying Ubuntu, thanks.

[yoyoyo]

Arch on the desktops & laptops
Debian stable on the servers.

Seriously, you can't go wrong.

[hichemdz]

Fedora 11 is really nice and stable.
i use too Mandriva 2009 and Kubuntu 9.04

[gotgentoo]

Ubuntu Karmik on Desktop and Archlinux <3 on my old notebook...

[LifeSource]

Thanks for the response yoyoyo I'll read into it.

[dzl]

I rock fedora on my laptops and desktops. and server I guess too lol. really any red hat related distro.

[dtrik1706]

i would reccomend starting with ubuntu.. this is only because it is relatively easy to use, and due to its popularity there is a good amount of support for it. another good thing is generally you won't need to do any driver patching with newer linux releases, due to that, I would say it's easier to setup than windows. I would atleast start by dual booting linux if you don't want to switch to linux completely. good luck

[Gruxx]

Arch linux

[icedkn0t]

Fedora

[semihgenc]

Ubuntu 9.04

[Solarisphere]

Ubuntu 9.04 I'm going to keep updating as soon as the new versions come out. It's kind of a pain in the ass how they don't update the major programs until a version change.

I had to use a workaround to get FF3.5 working, and I still can't get flash to work in it. I'm looking forward to the day when HTML5 starts to take over...

[pietroscar]

Ubuntu

[SalvationD]

I like Ubuntu though I don't use it often now :(

[Toffic]

if u're newbie use Ubuntu or Kubuntu
if u're newbie and want to learn something use Debian
if u're not newbie use Slackware or Arch Linux
if u're newbie and hv a bad pc use SliTaz

[PRE]

I use Debian and I don't find I'm newbie ;p (according to Toffic)

[boncalo]

I used ubuntu on my desktop. :)

[parshu]

mandriva

[workman]

KNOPPIX Live CD

[psykogen]

Ubuntu Rocks !! :p !!

[nakama]

ubuntu :P

[daedalos]

What do you think about Mint? It is based on Ubuntu, but it includes some pre-installed drivers and software, for example media codecs. So it works more "Out Of The Box". (Less work for the user.)

[alexm]

I like Ubuntu

[NekBone]

Using Ubuntu 9.10, works great. Also using Ubuntu Notebook Remix on my Acer Aspire A110 [Intel Atom -based], works sooo much faster than any Windows.

[adnan_yma]

Ubuntu 9.10 for the lappy, and eeeBuntu for the netbook!

[pietroscar]

Ubunt is good but also Mandriva is good

[RiThePirate]

I use Ubuntu, Mint, and Crunchbang :P

[itAyXD]

Ubuntu and Gentoo

[syhpx6]

I use Ubuntu because I feel like it has the most support. Their forums are a great place to learn new tips and tricks, or figure out what bugs cause me to not learn anything new. Used to use Fedora/RH and Gentoo back in the day.

[DrValo]

i use backtrack for pentesting,
ubuntu server (fast and easy to setup)
fedora

[puma]

Best - Ubuntu
i have 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx

[xelloz]

I tried Slackware, Suse, Redhat, Debian and Corel Linux years ago, but now I have 7 to 8 years using Gentoo :)

[wuxia1911]

I use Ubuntu Lucid Lynx... :) Works perfectly, except not Microsoft Office.

[ρΉϊφη]

Ubuntu Lucid Lynx, and Windows 7 Ultimate.

[Theta]

Xubuntu 10.04 in all computers

[samir]

ubuntu 9

[vthl]

i used both ubantu and suse both r great i guess...

[jimicy]

ubuntu! Love it, but hate configuring wine to play my games

[dorhug]

Win7 ultimate

[Jiwe]

Ubuntu 10.04 (aka Lucid Lynx) on Laptop.

Windows 7 on Desktop for gaming.

[ctx]

BackTrack

[beam1]

Gentoo and Xp sp3 for my desktop games!

[Levitys]

I have an old pc that I dont use anymore.
I am going to install ubuntu on it and see if I like it or not.
These next few days could be revolutionary for me...

Wish me luck..... :)

[redpop]

Alwys have been a fan of ubuntu, sinds the first release

[monkeymonkey]

Ubuntu will (should) make it easier to adapt. Best of luck, let us know how it goes.

[masterplay]

Linux Ubuntu

[mainboard]

Debian

[b00m]

ubuntu

[monty1886]

uBuntu

[mainboard]

Ubuntu

[xibalba]

Fedora 16 atm