Favorite Linux Distro?

What is your favorite linux distro and please feel free to elaborate. Tell us your experience with it and why you enjoy it so much. I personally love linux in general, but as of right now I'm using my own modified version of ubuntu.

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Permalink Reply by Sydney Troz on October 2, 2008 at 9:16am: Kubuntu is my favourite.

I prefer KDE to anything, it is sooooo powerful and configurable, and KDE4 is the sexiest piece of desktop I've ever seen that has as much flexibility as KDE does. The Ubuntu-based distros are well-supported, and most things "just work." Having said that, it's very easy to get in and hack around with stuff if/when you feel like it. I also prefer Debian's package management system.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Darren on December 5, 2008 at 12:18pm: Good lord, I've not seen KDE4 before now, and I must say it looks gorgeous.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Warlock on December 19, 2008 at 11:02am: i have ubuntu dual booted with vista i cannot connect to the internet on ubuntu though the wireless option isnt highlighted; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Matt DeFazio on January 9, 2009 at 12:34pm: I saw that you have an HP notebook...

Try sifting through this thread from the Ubuntu fourms:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=487404&highlight=bcm43...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by The Tech Basement on October 2, 2008 at 10:05am: My favorite is Ubuntu.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Chris Pirillo on October 2, 2008 at 10:19am: I don't have one. :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Oliver on October 2, 2008 at 10:23am: Ubuntu, because its very easy to use, meaning installing software, updating software using the GNOME desktop and other stuff are just nice! There it does not matter if you use the terminal or the graphical tools, all works nice.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Julie Davis on October 2, 2008 at 11:25am: I like the KDE desktops the best but have experience working with all desktops...The fastest Linux is still Puppy and that's what I'm running lately. Flash browser either Seamonkey or Firefox, mplayer, or xine. I'm kind of getting into the development side of things with programming which is hecka fun.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ather on October 2, 2008 at 12:22pm: I use PCLinuxOS on an old Celeron 333MHz computer as its the only one that interfaced out of the box with a speedtouch 330 usb modem which i used to have before ethernet.

Btw Kde version ofpclinux 2007 is very windows/exwindows user friendly, of which i am a member of.

Oh yes before i forget, i am a big fan of puppy linux too!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dslrocks10 (Drew) on October 2, 2008 at 1:20pm: Gnome ubuntu 8.04 for me. its user friendly for me, and it runs most of my games at a fairly good speed.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by PHJames on October 2, 2008 at 2:22pm: Ubuntu. I've tried others in the past, and had pretty much perfectly-working Debian, Slackware, Mepis and a few other installs. But when it comes down to it, Ubuntu is the easiest to maintain for me and has a great, up to date package selection. Everything (aside from wireless, which apparently works in Intrepid) works out of the box.

I still prefer Debian for my server (<3 Apt), and I'm quite comfortable in the command line (which makes Ubuntu even easier and just as flexible as other distros for me to use), but I've found Ubuntu to be my ultimate desktop solution.; ▶ Reply to This