Favorite OS?

[redshirt_55]

Just wondering what the people here consider their favorite OSs (after Kubuntu, of course).

[rfakhrai]

Re: Favorite OS?

From the little testing I've done with SUSE, it seems to be a cool OS. I was using alpha KDE4 at the time so I won't fault it for that but nowadays its a nice implementation of KDE

[toad]

Re: Favorite OS?

ArchLinux

EDIT:
LMDE or the rolling release LinuxMint based on Debian is also cool as indeed is aptosid, another rolling release distro as mentioned by Snowhog below.

[Snowhog]

Re: Favorite OS?

IF I could not use Kubuntu, and I was still given a choice of a KDE distro, I'd likely go with aptosid (used to be sidux), which I have used before.

[Detonate]

Re: Favorite OS?

I don't understand the question. Don't all of the different linux distros use linux as the OS?

[redshirt_55]

Re: Favorite OS?

Well, that depends on your definition of OS. While all the distros are part of "Linux OS" in the sense that they are powered by the Linux kernel and use open-source software; in this case, however, I am referring to each distro as a separate OS due to the differences in GUI, software management, overall user experience, etc.

[Troberg]

Re: Favorite OS?

If Windows should be included, it would probably be wise to include WinXP as well as Win7, as most users seems to stay with XP (at least that's what our customers do).

[vinnywright]

Re: Favorite OS?

SLACKWARE

I'm a glutton fore punishment

VINNY

[Ole Juul]

Re: Favorite OS?

I use DOS and BSD as well as Linux, so I wouldn't miss Kubuntu too much. I suppose that my next Linux choice would be Debian, which I use on occasion, but that's just because I'm somewhat familiar with it. If I wasn't so conservative I'd probably pick a fight with Minix3 which is starting to look pretty good.

I must say though that I'm surprised at some of the omissions from the list. XP is still going strong these days, and there are a lot of dedicated Linux users who swear by DSL or Puppy. Also, surely there are some users of one of the oldest and arguably the most stable and well written OS - QNX - which has a nice desktop now and obviously has come a long way since the famous single floppy, although I suspect that's still possible. I'm with Tanenbaum on the microkernel-macrokernel debate.

[redshirt_55]

Re: Favorite OS?

I apologize for the omissions, but there are just so many... I felt that the list was a little long already, and since this is a forum for Linux users I felt it was only necessary to include one Windows version. I did, at least, include "other" buttons, and I encourage anyone who uses them to post what OS they would use and why.

[Ole Juul]

Re: Favorite OS?

I apologize for the omissions, but there are just so many... I felt that the list was a little long already, and since this is a forum for Linux users I felt it was only necessary to include one Windows version. I did, at least, include "other" buttons, and I encourage anyone who uses them to post what OS they would use and why.

Hehe, it's all good. I just always go on a bit of a rant when the subject of OS choice comes up because I feel that people (me included) tend to get stuck and not explore very much - don't mind me.

I too am curious about why, and especially why not, people make their choices. I originally went with Kubuntu because I felt there was a lot of support. Now that I'm more familiar with Linux in general, it doesn't really matter much. Though I suppose the familiarity of the packaging system and general setup would make distros like Mint or Debian a better choice that some. In the end I think it generally comes down to familiarity and how much energy one wants to spend.

[jpenguin]

Re: Favorite OS?

I like MacOS X, but I might choose LMDE (As long aas could install KDE) or Fedora


Might ConsiderSimplyMEPIS (although their install is lacking the ability to purt / and /home on separate disks)

[toad]

Re: Favorite OS?

I don't understand the question. Don't all of the different linux distros use linux as the OS?

You trying to be difficult ?

If not, you got one decent answer already but feel free to ask further