What distro are you trying right now? - Page 163

CrimsonKing · #**2431** 8th July 2012, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by R3V0LV3R

Yeah I really don't get the whole Debian/kFreeBSD thing. What am I missing?

FreeBSD kernel with Debian (GNU) userland. Quite interesting, technically, although I prefer the BSD userland in some situations.

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Originally Posted by R3V0LV3R

The idea behind PC-BSD seems good

The problem with PC-BSD (except for its generally suboptimal bootloader) is its .pbi system, like PPA for BSD, which makes it rather incompatible to other BSDs.
Anyway, you should RTFM a lot with BSD.

MALsPa · #**2432** 8th July 2012, 12:20 AM

My latest addition: Sabayon 9.

It's very beautiful. But this is the first distro I've tried that isn't .deb or .rpm, so I'm trying to get used to entropy, and equo commands.

R3v0lut10nary · #**2433** 8th July 2012, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by CrimsonKing

FreeBSD kernel with Debian (GNU) userland. Quite interesting, technically, although I prefer the BSD userland in some situations.

Yep, I knew the "what" behind Debian/kFreeBSD.... but I don't get the "why." Even the Debian/kFreeBSD Wiki doesn't have any obvious explanation of the overall objective. Doesn't FreeBSD offer Linux binary compatibility anyway? Again there may be some subtleties that I'm missing..... that could be an interesting thread of its own.

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The problem with PC-BSD (except for its generally suboptimal bootloader) is its .pbi system, like PPA for BSD, which makes it rather incompatible to other BSDs.
Anyway, you should RTFM a lot with BSD.

Agreed - it's the ultimate RTFM system. The FreeBSD forum is highly intolerant of newb questions. It's actually pretty funny to read some of those threads. The Mods even edit posts when someone writes "freebsd." ~~freebsd~~ FreeBSD

CrimsonKing · #**2434** 8th July 2012, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by R3V0LV3R

Yep, I knew the "what" behind Debian/kFreeBSD.... but I don't get the "why."

Because they can. Simple. This is precisely the reasons why most IT inventions have been made.

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Originally Posted by R3V0LV3R

Doesn't FreeBSD offer Linux binary compatibility anyway?

FreeBSD (and its distributions) can run most ELF binaries natively if the particular kernel module is active, yes. You can also compile most GNU tools with the built-in toolchain. But if your point is "FreeBSD can do it anyway", you can also say "Why do we need more than 1 Linux distribution? Slackware can - technically - also run Synaptic." (OK, bad example, Slackware does not use apt. But I am pretty sure you get my point.)

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Originally Posted by R3V0LV3R

The FreeBSD forum is highly intolerant of newb questions.

I wish the Fedora forum would be too. It could be so much more fun here.

R3v0lut10nary · #**2435** 8th July 2012, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by CrimsonKing

I wish the Fedora forum would be too. It could be so much more fun here.

Hahah, yeah.

Well, in the interest of not hijacking this thread, new thread started.

CrimsonKing · #**2436** 8th July 2012, 05:57 PM

It already is hijacked.

But OK - see you over there.
(You could have posted the link here. Sigh.)

:P

hadrons123 · #**2437** 23rd July 2012, 03:51 AM

The new Arch linux ISO.

Wayne · #**2438** 23rd July 2012, 03:58 AM

Writing the Mint 13 Xfce edition to a USB stick as I type...

darkscot · #**2439** 23rd July 2012, 12:39 PM

I am running Mandriva Linux 2012 Tech Preview (Bernie Lomax) on my laptop. It is the best Mandriva version I have used for a long time.

ah7013 · #**2440** 23rd July 2012, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by darkscot

I am running Mandriva Linux 2012 Tech Preview (Bernie Lomax) on my laptop. It is the best Mandriva version I have used for a long time.

I've been running cooker for a little while on a spare PC. I really like the penguin artwork they have in Mdv 2012!

TK492 · #**2441** 23rd July 2012, 02:59 PM

I've recently given openSUSE and Sabayon a go for the first time. I was disapointed in openSUSE, however Sabayon proved to be a fresh and interesting distro. I'll surely try and spend more time on it in the future to really see how it fairs out against Fedora. Until now, I have yet to find a distro that even comes close to Fedora's ease-of-use and stability on my system.

nonamedotc · #**2442** 30th July 2012, 01:41 PM

PinguyOS - This is the distro that has left on me the best first impression. GNOME 3 mixed with GNOME 2 like features is not something that I had thought of. It is just fantastic (so far). The only issue is that I will spend more time removing stuff!

The XMBC session is also very well done!

lomapur · #**2443** 30th July 2012, 05:54 PM

Well, I tried Bodhi Linux not that long time ago, nice enlightment e17 implementation & really lightweight distro. I played with all themes included, of course got bored after a while. I will still keep my eye on it.

sea · #**2444** 30th July 2012, 06:06 PM

Fuduntu 2012.3, great for batterylife!

ryptyde · #**2445** 5th August 2012, 08:16 PM

DSL 4.11rc1. While checking distrowatch I see DSL is alive and active. Small in size and capable for older computers with limited resources. First live distro that I ran from a 64MB flash card about 10 years ago.

Downloaded the iso and ran it in qemu and it is fast. Took a screenshot for those who want to see the basic desktop.