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  • C CaptainSeeSharp

    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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    TheCardinal
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    linux mint a variant of ubuntu. :thumbsup:

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    • C Christian Graus

      OSX.

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      Mark_Wallace
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      OSX sells.

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      • C CaptainSeeSharp

        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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        JoeSox
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        My vote is for Ubuntu.

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        • C CaptainSeeSharp

          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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          Mark_Wallace
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          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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          • E Ed Poore

            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...

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            Pete OHanlon
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            I've had zero install problems with it. Perhaps you have odd hardware - ooh err missus.

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            • C CaptainSeeSharp

              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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              Russell Jones
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              There's a derivative of ubuntu called scibuntu which should have loads of science tools in it!

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              • C CaptainSeeSharp

                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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                Nagy Vilmos
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                This[^] should be suitable for you.


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                • P Pete OHanlon

                  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.

                  My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                  Ed Poore
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                  Um.... :-O Not overly odd, the only one which is a bit odd is the wireless card which is an AirPace WiFi thing but in every other distro I can just select an Atheros 5k chipset and it works, just not in Ubuntu...

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                  • C CaptainSeeSharp

                    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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                    Lost User
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                    I am no expert but Ubunto struck me a pretty damn good.

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                    • C CaptainSeeSharp

                      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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                      mobius111001
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                      Linux Mint

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                      • P Pete OHanlon

                        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.

                        My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                        Dan Neely
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                        For dev work? A friend of mine tried using it for that a few years before giving up in disgust because all its don't shoot yourself in the foot features made installing/configuring server type tools a nightmare.

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