Linux users

Started up with Linux after getting enough of it with MS Windows 95, some 6-7 years ago (can't remember precisely). It was called ASPLinux, a Russian flavour of RH8. It was way better than RH8, however, the guys did their job well.
Then someone directed my attention to SUSE, it was SUSE-9, shortly before OpenSUSE and Novell affair took place. Using SUSE ever since, I think it is the best system for good hardware and adventure minded owner of that hardware. It takes more configuration, but you can also learn more.
Ubuntu is more targeted at lazy users, I guess. I recommend it to those, who want to play Windows kind of thing. However, Debian-based distros seem to be very good. I have another one installed, ALTLinux, a Debian-based Russian distro -- just in case I should need to introduce Linux to some of my countrimen.

OpenSolaris is too raw for desktop usage, I would even say it sucks; FreeBSD just won't make it in comparison with Linux, for it is not so well supported, although they are getting better quite fast. And Mac Leopard is NOT FREE (although I made it run on my pc, thanks to the guys from the mac-forums). So what?

LINUX RULES!!!

 

Last year I stareted messing aroung with Live CD/DVDs. When I got an external hard drive I partitioned it and installed Ubuntu. I don't think I could ever use it as my primary OS but it is pretty cool. I use it just to take a break from Windows every once in a while.

 

Nice, plant of penguins here !

Start with Mandrake 9.1 about 2000, and now don't care, Slax or Slackware of any kind, glad to find wherever any Linux, just to know they are there.

 

I have recently been using Ubuntu....it rocks

 

Heya, I'm on kubuntu!

 

feel stupid asking but what is the diff between linux and windows? and should i switch?

 

Like work in community studio and work in office of some multinational corporation

 

Since you're askin'... NO you shouldn't.
Diffs: Linux is FREE!!! and Windows is NOT

Otherwise, you need not worry. It is when you start having problems with Windows -- then you might consider switching to linux.

 

I started with red hat7... yuck!.. didnt like the dependacy hell that came with rpm packages, then I tried mandrake9, it had more options and software, but still the RPM problem... then I found ubuntu.. I ditched winblows 5 yrs ago and never looked back... and never will use another MS virus again....


oh.. and for the audiophiles out there, the linux sound drivers totally blows the snot out of the windows drivers! the sound quality is so much better. ALSA is truley good stuff... it even made my crappy on board audio sound good!

 

about 5 years i guess prob more. off and on. but solid for the past 2 years. PClinuxOS is where its at. but i got frustrated and didnt want to mess with that much so i got ubuntu. easier for my wife to understand n use! linux ROCKS no virus' for me!

 

I've been using Ubuntu for a few months now on a part time basis. It is a slow process for figuring out how to get thing to work, but I'm still learning.

 

ive been trying several versions trying to find which one i like the most, ive been experimenting with ubuntu, dreamlinux, debian, openSUZE and gnome...

i just got into linux this year and i wish i had discovered it sooner..
i have so much to learn, i have my A+ certification already but id like to achieve my C++ sometime soon

which version do you guys prefere and why?
i think its awesome how secure linux is

 

Well I prefer OpenSuSE because it is always ready for use. I keep trying from time to time other distros; what's the result? Fedora Core is ALWAYS kinda raw meat: some device drivers missing, and I DON'T mean any brand new bleeding edge devices at all! The same about Mandriva: while cool and smooth IN GENERAL, you can find it won't install on your motherboard, although it could have been about 2 years on the market (!!!). Why, it "couldn't find CDROM" during the installation. Cool, isn't it;-)? I mean, without going deep into it, enough to say that OpenSuSE and Ubuntu COULD find the damn CDROM on the same computer!!!

Ubuntu is more like a toy for the Windows lovers, it will "install on demand" whatever a Windows user may need -- it WILL all work 4 u, but you don't get that deep understanding. And OpenSuSE is a professional level -- gives you all the needed drivers, but you also need to learn a good deal about Linux, and it is all there. You have the OpenSuSE build service , where you get additional software you might want to use -- all prebuilt and suited for the distro. Well of course, you can build from source, just for the very sport of it. But then there are prebuilt community packages.

FreeBSD is another option which earns much respect. The core system is old and mature UNIX code, quick and stable; continuously fixing bugs and bringing in new functionality, but without severely modifying the core -- and that's good. Tremendous PORTS collection, now up to date (wasn't so 4 years ago!). But I don't see why run those Linux apps ported to BSD, when you can run them natively on Linux. Yet again, if you want a cool feeling of using an OLD TRUE UNIX distro, which was here before Linux came into existence -- here you are for FreeBSD.

But if you are a DIY man, then you'll want to try Linux From Scratch. Another option for DIY men is Slackware.

 

I agree that Fedora Core is old news. They stop using Fedora Core at version 6. Now it's just plain Fedora. Version now is Fedora 8 or Fedora 9.

I used SLES and OpenSuse in two of my Linux/UNIX classes at my college. It didn't impress anyone, and we used Fedora and Ubuntu before Suse.

I don't there is a single OS that I haven't had to install some driver on, except OSX. Even Windows demands that I install a wifi driver or a 3D accelerated video driver.