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What shall be my next linux abomination?

Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 4:36 pm
by akimm
No,no, actually, which distro would you recommend for an intermediate linux user? My main desire is bleeding edge kernels, and built in LAMPP if possible. I have FC5 right now, but am looking to migrate.

Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 5:03 pm
by feyd
We've had a few threads on this subject.

search.php?search_keywords=ubuntu&search_author=feyd

Gotcha.

Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 5:27 pm
by akimm
I'll look into ubunto, which consequently is what I had been looking at regardless. With all of the hype, i've found surronding it with the other threads I suppose its a safe choice.

Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:22 pm
by RobertGonzalez
When I was looking at installing Linux, I asked this question. The answers are far ranging. I suppose the best thing to do would be to research the various distros and see which would work best for you. I can tell you right now that you are going to get varying answers to your question, and most will cycle through:
  • Fedora Core/RHEL
  • Ubuntu
  • Gentoo
  • SuSE

Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 6:52 am
by ibbo
The best thing to do is keep installing the distro's untill you find one you like.

Linux is like girlfriends you try a few untill one fits just right ;)

ibbo

Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:46 am
by Jenk
Ubuntu is for beginners to intermediates imo, it does a lot for you.

Distro's like Gentoo are more intermediate to advanced. You can choose to let Gentoo do stuff for you, or you can optimise and customise your install to your hearts content and do it all your self.

and then you have the likes are Arch which is for the hard core "I want to do everything" users :)