Which linux distro are you using?

Discussion in 'polls' started by mattdocs12345, Nov 29, 2013.

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Which linux distro are you using?

Poll closed Jan 3, 2015.
  1. Mint

    23 vote(s)
    26.7%
  2. Debian

    7 vote(s)
    8.1%
  3. Ubuntu

    24 vote(s)
    27.9%
  4. Mageia

    1 vote(s)
    1.2%
  5. Fedora

    6 vote(s)
    7.0%
  6. openSUSE

    5 vote(s)
    5.8%
  7. PCLinuxOS

    1 vote(s)
    1.2%
  8. Manjaro

    3 vote(s)
    3.5%
  9. Arch

    5 vote(s)
    5.8%
  10. Puppy

    5 vote(s)
    5.8%
  11. CentOS

    4 vote(s)
    4.7%
  12. FreeBSD

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  13. Zorin

    1 vote(s)
    1.2%
  14. CrunchBang

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  15. elementary

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  16. Lubuntu

    1 vote(s)
    1.2%
  17. Slackware

    1 vote(s)
    1.2%
  18. Bodhi

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  19. Kali

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  20. SparkyLinux

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  21. Kubuntu

    4 vote(s)
    4.7%
  22. Simplicity

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  23. Sabayon

    1 vote(s)
    1.2%
  24. Xubuntu

    4 vote(s)
    4.7%
  25. Ghost

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  26. GhostBSD

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  27. Ultimate

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  28. Lite

    1 vote(s)
    1.2%
  29. antiX

    1 vote(s)
    1.2%
  30. RedHat

    2 vote(s)
    2.3%
  31. Antergos

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  32. LXLE

    1 vote(s)
    1.2%
  33. Peppermint

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  34. Chakra

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  35. Other (please specify)

    6 vote(s)
    7.0%
  36. Im a windows/mac user but I would love to see what distros are popular in here

    19 vote(s)
    22.1%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. vasa1

    vasa1 Registered Member

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    There's a Youtube video on Plasma 5 (Kubuntu 14.10) by quidsup: he says it looks pretty but still needs a bit more finish: -www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPxV2bj6nA-

    Re. trying Arch, that's not likely for me. It needs a good understanding of hardware, net settings, etc and I'm zero on that.

    For the last year or so I've been using the Openbox session of Lubuntu quite happily (no desktop environment). Lubuntu will be moving to LXQt possibly by 15.04 and SDDM is intended to be the display manager there. Lots of wrinkles still remain: finding suitable qt apps in place of gtk ones, where possible, and keeping KDE dependencies to a minimum are the main concerns. The idea is that 15.04 and 15.10 will be "dry runs" for the next LTS.
     
  2. tlu

    tlu Guest

    I'm not an expert, either. But I didn't find it so difficult by following the detailed instructions in the Beginner's Guide. But again, installing Arch with Evo/Lution might be easier. And before I switched to Arch I had tried it in a Virtualbox VM - I suggest that to everybody who's interested.

    I must admit that I've never tried Lubuntu and Openbox.
     
  3. luciddream

    luciddream Registered Member

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    No love for Debian? I'm using it in a VM on a Macbook with a nested VPN setup I got from Mirmir... and it works great, I would say even ideal for this application. In fact I think he may have even recommended Debian to me as well when I told him exactly how I wanted to go about things.
     
  4. The Red Moon

    The Red Moon Registered Member

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    im currently using korora 20 with the MATE desktop and it runs very nicely.
     
  5. J_L

    J_L Registered Member

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    Now using Android, Chrome OS... Oh wait do those count? I do have elementary OS Freya installed on a spare machine.
     
  6. chrisretusn

    chrisretusn Registered Member

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    Hmm. Only one Slackware user, me. :)

    Not surprised that Mint and Ubuntu are as of this post tied for the lead. I prefer Mint over Ubuntu, my daughter prefers the latter.

    Nice to see one user of PCLinuxOS. I like that one too, have it installed on my clubs computer.
     
  7. The Red Moon

    The Red Moon Registered Member

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    Im back to using my favourite distro which is mint,no more distro-hopping for a while.
     
  8. Gullible Jones

    Gullible Jones Registered Member

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    Ubuntu, Debian, Salix. (The last is a hard habit to break - it's IMO not as secure as Debian, but it's as stable as Wheezy and more convenient.)

    Though on all distros I tend to migrate towards the same kind of desktop - one or another minimal WM, dmenu for launching stuff, file management via terminals.
     
  9. J_L

    J_L Registered Member

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    Trying out Linux Mint 17.1, got tired of waiting for elementary OS Freya beta 2.
     
  10. rdsu

    rdsu Registered Member

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  11. mattdocs12345

    mattdocs12345 Registered Member

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    Any issues on Mint? How stable is it? I remember last year I had occasional slow down/freezes.
     
  12. Krysis

    Krysis Registered Member

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    Have now settled on LTS versions of Linux Mint 17\Cinnamon – Ubuntu14.04 and Netrunner 14 Frontier as permanent additions to my system. (all installed as Virtualbox VMs)

    Cinnamon on LM 17 is the first time I've been able to run Cinnamon absolutely trouble free. Netrunner is the best 'out of the box' distro (appearance wise) that I've ever run. (only added another icon theme set)

    I found Unity too slow and quirky in 14.04. Now using Gnome-session-flashback\Compiz.
     
  13. J_L

    J_L Registered Member

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    Honestly, I haven't really tried it out. Just installed and it's sitting there. I have too many devices to manage already lol. But there shouldn't be any major problems at this point, it's already the first upgrade release of LTS after all.
     
  14. xxJackxx

    xxJackxx Registered Member

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    Ubuntu in a VM. Some people don't like where it is going, but I still find it a more polished experience than the others. I may move it to an actual machine if the Windows situation gets bad enough.
     
  15. Hadron

    Hadron Registered Member

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    Ubuntu is still popular.
     
  16. emmjay

    emmjay Registered Member

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    1. Ubuntu on a an old IBM Thinkpad (XP vintage).
    2. Mint on my primary laptop. Dual boot with W7.
    3. Puppy on a USB when travelling at home or overseas. Keeps the spies away from my hard drive.
    Not sure if TPM 2.0 will allow Puppy to run from a USB on new laptops. It may be an issue in the future with W10.
     
  17. wolfrun

    wolfrun Registered Member

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    New to linux here. Currently running Tahrpup linux on a USB flashdrive stick and it's working great. Main system Win 7 64 bit.
     
  18. Daveski17

    Daveski17 Registered Member

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    Canonical ask me if I want to upgrade to 16.04 when I get updates, but I'm sticking with Trusty for now.
     
  19. summerheat

    summerheat Registered Member

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    I switched from Manjaro to Fedora 24 KDE spin recently.
     
  20. Hadron

    Hadron Registered Member

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    Good ol' Puppy.
     
  21. WildByDesign

    WildByDesign Registered Member

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    OpenWrt/LEDE
     
  22. wolfrun

    wolfrun Registered Member

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    Small but effective. Like a Jack Russell terrier. *puppy*
     
  23. The Red Moon

    The Red Moon Registered Member

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    I have switched to linux lite.
     
  24. Kerodo

    Kerodo Registered Member

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    How is the latest version of Lite? I used to use it a year or so ago. Haven't lately though....
     
  25. zapjb

    zapjb Registered Member

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    On my extra IBM T61's Mint 18 flavors: Mate & XFCE so far. Got LXLE all lined up though. I'm tired of experimenting Mint just works for me.
     
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