Linux users...

[thewhippersnapper]

So who here uses a proper OS? Which distro do you prefer and use? I'm currently on Debian Lenny.

I've tried a few (Ubuntu/Kubuntu, PCLinuxOS, OpenSUSE, Linux Mint) but IMO the best is and always will be Debian

Who else has crossed over to the good side?

 

[Nardz]

Ubuntu here.

tried KDE/gnome variations of ubuntu, mint kde and gnome. I keep changing my mind as to my preferred desktop environment. gnome is winning the moment.

There's a few limitations of running linux on my laptop though. havent been able to adjust the brightness, so my battery lasts about 10 minutes (partly cause of the screen brigthness, partly cause i have know idea why)

 

[Jafa]

Oh goody - an OS thread. Linux for the desktop pretty much sux for real world apps.


ZEN Linux here (Slack derivitive). Always been a fan of pure distro`s and Slack is the purest out there.

 

[spitlizard]

Oh goody - an OS thread. Linux for the desktop pretty much sux for real world apps.

Jafa, I'ts called geek conditioning!!

That's when once you think your an IT guru, you diss all things Microsoft, say Mac is shit easy to use AND profess that linux has saved the planet from global warming, lower fuel prices, has managed to save all near extinct animals and has the ability to alter the space/time continuum then say to yourself "wow what an amazing piece of software "

I wander in & out of too many server rooms on a day-2-day basis to believe the hype. I will believe the linux magic when I see it unfold before my "restricted" mind...I haven't seen it yet however, not from a corporate level anyway and thats coming from someone that see's it day in, day out!!

P.S. It still has a long way to go.................

 

[Nardz]

works well for me. and theres always wine for windows apps that i can't find a linux alternative..

 

[Jafa]

Jafa, I'ts called geek conditioning!!

That's when once you think your an IT guru, you diss all things Microsoft, say Mac is shit easy to use AND profess that linux has saved the planet from global warming, lower fuel prices, has managed to save all near extinct animals and has the ability to alter the space/time continuum then say to yourself "wow what an amazing piece of software "

I wander in & out of too many server rooms on a day-2-day basis to believe the hype. I will believe the linux magic when I see it unfold before my "restricted" mind...I haven't seen it yet however, not from a corporate level anyway and thats coming from someone that see's it day in, day out!!

P.S. It still has a long way to go.................

I have been using Linux for years for a Mythtv install. It`s quite ____ing awesome I must say. As a desktop - meh.