Best Linux distro
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You know that best is a highly subjective term. Having tried various Linux distros since about 1994, I'd have to say that Ubuntu is probably the best that I've setup, and it has one helluva lot of applications ready to install with it. It's a breeze to set up, and is friendly enough that I'm happy enough to install it on family machines.
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As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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What is the best free Linux distribution out there? I want something tailored for development, science, math, those sort of things.
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The two which I've found which just work are Fedora Core and openSUSE. I've tried Ubuntu out but always seem to have had problems with it whereas nothing of the sort with the other ones (apart from having to enable "restricted" repos to get the proper drivers for my nVidia 8800GTS. I have installed Gentoo as well and while it look a while (to say the least) the results were impressive. I did notice the difference in speed between Gentoo and Ubuntu, also Gentoo is far more configurable (perhaps too much so). The only major issue I had was with some badly supported Linux software (Atmel's AVR32 Buildroot system) which doesn't work on the latest GCC compilers (not even the couple of versions before that) so had to back-date them to I could continue to use this system.
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The two which I've found which just work are Fedora Core and openSUSE. I've tried Ubuntu out but always seem to have had problems with it whereas nothing of the sort with the other ones (apart from having to enable "restricted" repos to get the proper drivers for my nVidia 8800GTS. I have installed Gentoo as well and while it look a while (to say the least) the results were impressive. I did notice the difference in speed between Gentoo and Ubuntu, also Gentoo is far more configurable (perhaps too much so). The only major issue I had was with some badly supported Linux software (Atmel's AVR32 Buildroot system) which doesn't work on the latest GCC compilers (not even the couple of versions before that) so had to back-date them to I could continue to use this system.
You really should check out Slackware [^] The best and dare I say the oldest distro ... have been playing with it since Slackware with kernel 1.2.13....It's fast, am more of a CLI junkie, rather than clicking here and there...occasionally I use WindowMaker.... I know, I know, it's debatable...let's not turn this into a flamewar akin to Emacs vs Vi.... :-D Best regards, Tom.
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What is the best free Linux distribution out there? I want something tailored for development, science, math, those sort of things.
Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] Sons Of Liberty - Free Album (They sound very much like Metallica, great lyrics too)[^]
At the moment, I'm happy with Ubuntu. In the past I worked well with CentOS. :)
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You really should check out Slackware [^] The best and dare I say the oldest distro ... have been playing with it since Slackware with kernel 1.2.13....It's fast, am more of a CLI junkie, rather than clicking here and there...occasionally I use WindowMaker.... I know, I know, it's debatable...let's not turn this into a flamewar akin to Emacs vs Vi.... :-D Best regards, Tom.
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You really should check out Slackware [^] The best and dare I say the oldest distro ... have been playing with it since Slackware with kernel 1.2.13....It's fast, am more of a CLI junkie, rather than clicking here and there...occasionally I use WindowMaker.... I know, I know, it's debatable...let's not turn this into a flamewar akin to Emacs vs Vi.... :-D Best regards, Tom.
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I played with Soft Landing Systems first, then Slackware. Of course both of those were before Version 1.0 -- something like 0.95 or whatever. BTW, vi rocks. Emacs, well, ...
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OSX.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
He asked about Linux not Unix ;P
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What is the best free Linux distribution out there? I want something tailored for development, science, math, those sort of things.
Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] Sons Of Liberty - Free Album (They sound very much like Metallica, great lyrics too)[^]
linux mint a variant of ubuntu. :thumbsup:
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OSX.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
OSX sells.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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What is the best free Linux distribution out there? I want something tailored for development, science, math, those sort of things.
Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] Sons Of Liberty - Free Album (They sound very much like Metallica, great lyrics too)[^]
My vote is for Ubuntu.
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What is the best free Linux distribution out there? I want something tailored for development, science, math, those sort of things.
Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] Sons Of Liberty - Free Album (They sound very much like Metallica, great lyrics too)[^]
I only use Linux in VMs, but I have fewest problems with CentOS.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
It's a breeze to set up
Really? It's the one distro that's continuously had problems with my hardware (the wireless card in particular). I mean, even Gentoo picked it up...
I've had zero install problems with it. Perhaps you have odd hardware - ooh err missus.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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What is the best free Linux distribution out there? I want something tailored for development, science, math, those sort of things.
Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] Sons Of Liberty - Free Album (They sound very much like Metallica, great lyrics too)[^]
There's a derivative of ubuntu called scibuntu which should have loads of science tools in it!
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What is the best free Linux distribution out there? I want something tailored for development, science, math, those sort of things.
Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] Sons Of Liberty - Free Album (They sound very much like Metallica, great lyrics too)[^]
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I've had zero install problems with it. Perhaps you have odd hardware - ooh err missus.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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What is the best free Linux distribution out there? I want something tailored for development, science, math, those sort of things.
Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] Sons Of Liberty - Free Album (They sound very much like Metallica, great lyrics too)[^]
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What is the best free Linux distribution out there? I want something tailored for development, science, math, those sort of things.
Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] Sons Of Liberty - Free Album (They sound very much like Metallica, great lyrics too)[^]
Linux Mint
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You know that best is a highly subjective term. Having tried various Linux distros since about 1994, I'd have to say that Ubuntu is probably the best that I've setup, and it has one helluva lot of applications ready to install with it. It's a breeze to set up, and is friendly enough that I'm happy enough to install it on family machines.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.