There are so many Linux distros out there. How do you know which one to use?

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The Millionaire wrote to All <=-

There are so many Linux distros out there. How do you know which
one to use?

By trying them all and settling on one that you like best.

I recommend Slackware.


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On 01-12-20 19:24, The Millionaire wrote to All <=-

There are so many Linux distros out there. How do you know which one to use?

Many ways:

1. Try some, see which ones you like. Some even offer live systems, so you can try without installing - just boot a DVD or USB.

2. Ask what others use and why.

3. If you're installing or planning on installing a specific piece of software, especially some larger packages, check its requirements. Some software either requires, recommends or is only packaged for specific distributions.

That's just a few suggestions.


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There are so many Linux distros out there. How do you know which one to use?

https://distrotest.net/

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https://distrotest.net/

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Cool site! Thanks for the share. Maybe next there will be a mysticbbs test site server.

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On 13 Jan 2020, The Millionaire said the following...

Cool site! Thanks for the share. Maybe next there will be a mysticbbs
test site server.

They are called BBSes.

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The Millionaire wrote to All <=-

There are so many Linux distros out there. How do you know which
one to use?

Set fire to them all, and use the one that burns for the longest...

Spec


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The Millionaire wrote to All <=-

There are so many Linux distros out there. How do you know which one to use?

There used to be a website called linuxcentral.com. They sold linux CDs
for US$1, plus shipping (IIRC). I ordered a bunch of those CDs from
them... back before I had proper internet where I could download images easily... and tried them out until I found one that was easy to install and that worked on my hardware.

It was a debian derivative. The guy who was maintaining it passed on, unfortunately, not long after I started using it. So, I migrated to debian proper.


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There used to be a website called linuxcentral.com. They sold linux CDs for US$1, plus shipping (IIRC). I ordered a bunch of those CDs from them... back before I had proper internet where I could download images easily... and tried them out until I found one that was easy to install and that worked on my hardware.

I remember this. Used to order a bunch of CD's when I only had dial-up. Would be surprised if I had one of those around.

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Blue White wrote to The Millionaire <=-

There used to be a website called linuxcentral.com. They sold linux
CDs for US$1, plus shipping (IIRC).

I remember collecting white-label CDs, when I was on a 384k/128k DSL line...

:)


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Re: Linux Distros
By: The Millionaire to All on Sun Jan 12 2020 07:24 pm

There are so many Linux distros out there. How do you know which one to use?

Manjaro.

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The Millionaire wrote to All <=-

There are so many Linux distros out there. How do you know which one to use?

It depends on what you want to do.

Are you looking at just getting rid of Windows and just use it as a normal desktop? You probably want to check out Linux Mint or Ubuntu.

Is this for a Raspberry Pi? Then for normal desk top use, go with Raspian. But if you want to create a media device, OpenElec works really nice.

And there's more.

This is one question where if you ask 20 people, you will get at least 10 different answers - all of which are correct.


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If you like the older distros of linux on RaspberryPi, they also have
slackware and centOS server for that platform as well. i would not mind
trying centOS minimum install on a newer raspberry pi.
-Betz

Thanks,
- Betz
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