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Which distro do you use for the desktop?

SuSE
14
15%
Red Hat/Fedora
23
25%
Mandrake
8
9%
Debian
7
8%
Slackware
11
12%
Gentoo
5
5%
Lindows
2
2%
Not linux, but a BSD
4
4%
Other (too many to list them all)
11
12%
Ubuntu
6
7%
 
Total votes: 91

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Post by ok »

Ubuntu is the best operation system I ever seen (and I used Windows XP, 98, Radhat, Debian, SmartCom).

P.S
Please add Ubuntu to the poll :D
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

I am looking for a new distro to try even as we speak. I am considering Gentoo, Ubuntu, Debian, SuSE and Fedora Core. I have used FC before and I liked it, but Ubuntu with KDE looks freaking hot, so I may go with that. (Yes, I am that shallow that I would try a distro based on desktop looks. No, you can't judge me :wink: ).
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Post by hawleyjr »

I added Ubuntu to the list ;)
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Post by ok »

Thank you for adding Ubuntu :D

Everah: I suggest you using Ubuntu...

You can see it in Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD4SR25OMLc

And more of it: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... rch=Search

Moreover, Ubuntu has the best forums and tutorials (almost any problem you have, they have the answer).
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I probably will go with Ubuntu for my personal machine. I have to go with FC for work because it is the same platform as our enterprise environment.
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Post by shwanky »

I originally started out with Fedora Core 4... After having to re-install the OS 5 times, I switched to Mandriva and haven't looked back since. :)
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Post by Christopher »

Perhaps we should start a new poll thread and mark this one as dated because it is from 2003/2004. Too much has changed in desktop distros in that time to make the old number useful.
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Post by Chris Corbyn »

arborint wrote:Perhaps we should start a new poll thread and mark this one as dated because it is from 2003/2004. Too much has changed in desktop distros in that time to make the old number useful.
I couldn't agree more! Go for it as far as I'm concerned :)
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Post by Kieran Huggins »

...but in the mean time check out fiesty fawn - it's sexxxxxxy!
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Post by shwanky »

oh my... I like ubuntu... I think I'm going to have to kick mandriva in the nenes >.>
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