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| Gentoo |
   
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16 | 22.54% |
| Red Hat/Fedora |
  
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19 | 26.76% |
| Mandrake |
  
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5 | 7.04% |
| Slackware |
  
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6 | 8.45% |
| Debian |
  
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11 | 15.49% |
| SuSE |
  
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9 | 12.68% |
| OSX/mac |
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0 | 0% |
| YellowDog |
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0 | 0% |
| FreeBSD |
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2 | 2.82% |
| Other (please specify) |
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3 | 4.23% |
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05-19-04, 07:36 AM
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Hardware Mass Murderer
Join Date: Oct 2003
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What distro do you use?
just curious -- usually a poll like this exists on message forums. being a gaming forum with linux, i feel a poll of what distro/flavor/os you like best would be helpful in deciding which distro to use for gaming.
me personally, i love gentoo linux. the customizability and seeing only 1 thing when i do lsmod makes me almost as happy as using 40mb of memory when i first boot and start the GUI. btw, stage one install; of course.
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05-19-04, 08:43 AM
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Treehugger
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Re: What distro do you use?
I use Fedora, and am currently downloading Core 2.
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05-19-04, 12:49 PM
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Eggplant
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Sweden
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Re: What distro do you use?
Used Redhat, Mandrake and Slackware before I tried Gentoo. Now, I'm never going back. Gentoo rocks, period.
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05-19-04, 03:06 PM
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Hardware Mass Murderer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Re: What distro do you use?
heh, i totally agree. btw, i've probably tried more distros than most have... i've tried redhat, mandrake, suse, slackware, freebsd, knoppix (is that considered "trying a distro"?), and debian. -- so my opinion isn't based on a "i'm used to this distro so i use it" basis; like many are ;/
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hardware murdered so far: geforce 5900u, deceised: sat on it. geforce 6600gt deceised: improperly mounted heatsink. 3 asus a7n8x-e deluxe motherboards, deceised: unsure. mobile amd xp2600 processor, deceised: chipped core due to compusa heatsink. dfi lanparty ultra b, deceised: unsure, third memory bank went out. samsung cd burner 48x40x48, deceised: unsure, will only read pressed cd's very slowly. samsung TH552C dvd burner (dual layer), deceised: same as other samsung . 10gb seagate 5200rpm drive, deceised: tried fixing a pin that was pushed into the drive by inserting an ide cable upside down. 40gb maxtor drive, deceised: maxtor manufacturer. 80gb western digital, deceised: unnatural causes. swan xt10, deceised: brutal pre-meditated murder, even video taped (it wasn't y2k compliant). logitech mx510, deceised: death by electricution. ati remote wonder, deceised: death by electricution.
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05-24-04, 08:47 PM
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Debian All the Way
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Salzburg Austria & Orlando Florida
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Re: What distro do you use?
i have used RH since v. 5 thru 9 and fedora1...but i settle into debian....i like the minumal amount of bloat and hate RH ne w policy about service and support...
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05-25-04, 08:48 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
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Re: What distro do you use?
i use Slackware. ive tryed Redhat, shedrake (mandrake), redhat, freebsd. i hated redhat and mandrake there 2 nooby and bloat'y for me. i then tryed freebsd and it was okay, it was fast, but i had 2 learn a new os (unix/bsd) and that was a pain in tha ass then i tryed slackware and i loved it. moral of stopry, use slackware
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05-25-04, 08:50 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
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Re: What distro do you use?
also, on mac os x. so x is VERY nice and it would b toe and tow w/ linux. i love mac's. but the problem is that they are so damn over priced, it is amazing. someday i will get a mac...i hope
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05-30-04, 03:40 PM
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Fanatical apathist
Join Date: May 2004
Location: UK
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Re: What distro do you use?
I'm using Gentoo- I've tried many distros, and it's the one that appeals to me most. Though I am also planning to try FreeBSD and Debian soon.
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05-31-04, 06:54 AM
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Join Date: May 2004
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Re: What distro do you use?
I'm using TFM (Alpha Desktop Preview), so I voted "other"
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06-01-04, 05:31 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: alabama
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Re: What distro do you use?
Using Slackware 9.1 on one machine. Playing around with Fedora Core 2.
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06-01-04, 10:06 PM
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just another dibert
Join Date: May 2004
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Re: What distro do you use?
Poll should separate RedHat from Fedora....not many users of RedHat anymore.
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06-01-04, 10:15 PM
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Hardware Mass Murderer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Re: What distro do you use?
Quote:
if you like i suppose i could fix it
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hardware murdered so far: geforce 5900u, deceised: sat on it. geforce 6600gt deceised: improperly mounted heatsink. 3 asus a7n8x-e deluxe motherboards, deceised: unsure. mobile amd xp2600 processor, deceised: chipped core due to compusa heatsink. dfi lanparty ultra b, deceised: unsure, third memory bank went out. samsung cd burner 48x40x48, deceised: unsure, will only read pressed cd's very slowly. samsung TH552C dvd burner (dual layer), deceised: same as other samsung . 10gb seagate 5200rpm drive, deceised: tried fixing a pin that was pushed into the drive by inserting an ide cable upside down. 40gb maxtor drive, deceised: maxtor manufacturer. 80gb western digital, deceised: unnatural causes. swan xt10, deceised: brutal pre-meditated murder, even video taped (it wasn't y2k compliant). logitech mx510, deceised: death by electricution. ati remote wonder, deceised: death by electricution.
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