Help me pick a distro.

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Help me pick a distro.

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I've got a "new" old box to install Linux on. I'm thinking of going RPM. So the question is...

If you were going to install an RPM based distro, which would it be and why?
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My first choice would be slackware because it's the only rpm-based distro i was really happy with ;) (sorry redhat-suse-mandriva-...)
But to be honest, i like apt-get way more ;)
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I've been almost exclusively deb since I started using Linux. Am I correct in assuming you like Slackware because of it's non-commercial nature?
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I use Mandriva, it's pretty easy to use and you have full control of the system
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I highly recommend Fedora Core 5. I recently installed it on my second desktop machine, and couldn't be happier with it. :)
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I'd agree with Roja. Fedora for an open, RPM based distro is excellent. Otherwise I'd say Ubuntu.
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I am a complete Linux newbie, but Fedora Core 4 for my laptop was a sweet distro for me. I am sure that FC5 will be cooler than 4 so I would probably lean toward that.
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Thanks for the opinions. I think I'm leaning towards Fedora 5. It's free and doesn't seem to have any attachments like the other RPM distros that seem more oriented for commercial sales.
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ubuntu for personal use
debian without the bells and whistles for server use
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I personally like Debian Distro

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I like the package management of Debian Linux. Becuase we can install the package from online by using command line like

# apt-get update
#apt-get install php5 mysql5-server

It's quite easy and fun!!

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Post by Maugrim_The_Reaper »

Only ones I've been really happy with are FC4 and Ubuntu in the past year. I prefer Debian so I'm currently using Ubuntu. FC5 would be a really good choice for an RPM based distro.
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CentOS!!!! or FedCore5.

they both have the equiv of apt-get (called yum)

i recommend centos cause its easy and fast!
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Re: I personally like Debian Distro

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dibyendrah wrote:I like the package management of Debian Linux. Becuase we can install the package from online by using command line like

# apt-get update
#apt-get install php5 mysql5-server
apt-rpm is available for Fedora Core 5, and works the same way. ;)
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I'll have to look at CentOS. I didn't know that they added an "apt" feature. The last time I tried FC it had Yum. That 's cool.
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Post by Roja »

neophyte wrote:I'll have to look at CentOS. I didn't know that they added an "apt" feature. The last time I tried FC it had Yum. That 's cool.
The default is yum. Apt-rpm is optional, but can be installed. I've used apt-rpm since FC2, and it makes yum look like a snail.
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