Which Linux Distro Is Fairest Of Them All? Ubuntu, Survey Says

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 03:35 PM

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#2 SikFly

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 04:02 PM

for me, its whichever one gives me the least problems and is the easiest to use. Usually its Ubuntu or Mint despite my wish of certain featuers they would adopt from others. However i really like gnome 3 for the most part.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 04:58 PM

Ubuntu. Definitely. Unity is still better than the Gnome3 desktop, Ubuntu's Software Center makes installs simple, and I am REALLY looking forward to using HUD as it develops.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 05:01 PM

I prefer the KDE interface, so I go with Kubuntu, but it's just a skin on the same Ubuntu platform, so call it Ubuntu.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 05:03 PM

I like openSUSE the best.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 05:59 PM

Very interesting. It seems like only yesterday that I hear people bashing Ubuntu because of the Unity interface.

But I do agree, Ubuntu is really nice. I've stuck with 11.10 ever since it came out, and I've never had to reinstall it.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 06:12 PM

My vote would have been either Mint or Debian.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 06:43 PM

Isn't this question equivalent to which turd is the best in the steaming pile?

Yes, yes, that's a little rude but I think it's fair. I get Linux as a cost-reduced server alternative but I sure don't get the appeal of Linux on the desktop unless trouble-shooting and CLI is what turns you on.

Somebody explain it to me.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 07:13 PM

Unwilling to pay for Microsoft's OS for the umpteenth time, I installed Kubuntu on my latest desktop system. I am still impressed by the beauty of the customized desktop, and it has proven to be trouble-free for the few month I've been using it.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 09:28 PM

Linux Mint with the LXDE desktop is my preferred distro - clean, easy to use, works like a charm.

Though I find the UI too simplistic, the Joli OS is a great distro to use on older hardware or for users that are very computer illiterate.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 09:29 PM

I prefer debian, it runs much faster than the rest on my system.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 10:21 PM

It's weird that people choose "Ubuntu" because of the KDE interface. Well, you can install KDE or any other desktop environment on ANY Linux distro. The "best" based on WHAT? people choose distros based on what they need to do. A distro that is used as a server is not the same as one is being used for development. Ubuntu is a spoon-feeding distro, just like Windows (you click and we will do the job). For me Slackware is the best and most stable distro and it's not overbloated. I learned this once, "If you want to learn Debian, install Debian. If you want to learn Fedora, install Fedora. If you want to learn Linux, install Slackware." but it's just me.

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 11:59 PM

I'm currently running Ubuntu 11.04 with Unity disabled.
If, in the unlikely event, 12.04 offers the option to disable Unity and return to the classic GUI, then I'll upgrade to 12.04, else I'll either switch to Mint or give Arch a try.

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 12:11 AM

EedAli, on 25 April 2012 - 10:21 PM, said:

I think the general concept is as an alternative to Microsoft Windows.
I currently use Ubuntu 11.04 (with Unity disabled) and you're correct in that it's easy and simplistic. But that's the point. People who don't want to shell out $100 or more for the new Windows distro (and all the bugs that come with it) are looking for a viable alternative. Ubuntu (and, from what I've seen, Mint) are that alternative. The fact that you don't need any real Linux programming knowledge to effectively run Ubuntu *IS* the major attraction to it. It's a very user friendly OS and the Ubuntu Software Center makes it easy to find nearly any program you like without having to dig through web search after web search.
Ubuntu's (and Linux distros in general) Achilles heel is that they won't play off the shelf games or major MMO's natively and WINE won't always do the job well enough.
Personally, if Activision, Electronic Arts, et al, programmed their games to be Linux compatible, you'd see windows market share dissappear virtually overnight.

Remember, the main point for a desktop OS is to allow the user to interface with the applications they want/need to use without having to worry about the OS itself. The OS should be effectively invisible to the end user.

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 12:16 AM

Archlinux is the best for people like me who wants to take full control of their system.

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 12:17 AM

Archlinux is the best for people like me who wants to take full control of their system.

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 12:18 AM

jljucutan, on 26 April 2012 - 12:17 AM, said:

Archlinux is the best for people like me who wants to take full control of their system.

I didn't know it was already posted.lolz

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 02:31 AM

While we're deploying several hundred SUSE desktops at work, so I'm spending a lot of time in their Gnome-based XP-like interface now, I've actually become fond of Ubuntu's Unity at home. While the first two releases were pretty much unusable IMHO, it has settled down and is now an efficient, consistent interface across my desktop, netbook and tablet. I'm really looking forward to trying out the HUD in today's release.

I also use Win 7, but it's the least efficient of the three for me (though not bad overall).

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 02:37 AM

Fatesrider, on 25 April 2012 - 05:01 PM, said:

I prefer the KDE interface, so I go with Kubuntu, but it's just a skin on the same Ubuntu platform, so call it Ubuntu.

Well KDE is more than a skin!
It is the most functional GUI that Linux has and a joy to use it!

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Posted 26 April 2012 - 03:56 AM

I have no issues with Linux as an OS. I do have an issue with the fact that I can't get any of the software I need daily to run on Linux.

I don't want to use some other software, I need to use Photoshop, etc..

Until that happens, it really doesn't matter how good Linux gets.