Favorite Linux Distro
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Depends on what I want to do with it
Mint for low resource desktops
CentOS for servers -
Fedora
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Different ones for different tasks. Mint and OpenSuse are my favorite desktops. CentOS and Leap are my favorite servers.
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I know a CentOs is highly recommended for server stuff but I personally use the Ubuntu server edition and am happy with it, I do prefer Debian based distro's though.
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@scottalanmiller said in Favorite Linux Distro:
Different ones for different tasks. Mint and OpenSuse are my favorite desktops. CentOS and Leap are my favorite servers.
I thought you like OpenSUSE for servers, or was that just for file sharing servers?
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@FrostyPhoenix said in Favorite Linux Distro:
@stacksofplates said in Favorite Linux Distro:
Fedora
Why?
A big reason is I work with Red Hat stuff every day. I really like the tools they've integrated into everything.
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@BRRABill said in Favorite Linux Distro:
@scottalanmiller said in Favorite Linux Distro:
Different ones for different tasks. Mint and OpenSuse are my favorite desktops. CentOS and Leap are my favorite servers.
I thought you like OpenSUSE for servers, or was that just for file sharing servers?
That's what Leap is.
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I guess I should specify though. I have Fedora on my laptop, but my servers run CentOS. I have a couple Ubuntu servers but that's for the Ubiquiti stuff. I've used CentOS as a workstation and I loved it, it was rock solid. I may switch back to that at some point. I was using FreeCAD for a while and I don't need it any more (one of the main reasons I switched to Fedora).
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Only ever really messed with Mint.. im sure i will play with them all eventually!
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@stacksofplates said in Favorite Linux Distro:
@BRRABill said in Favorite Linux Distro:
@scottalanmiller said in Favorite Linux Distro:
Different ones for different tasks. Mint and OpenSuse are my favorite desktops. CentOS and Leap are my favorite servers.
I thought you like OpenSUSE for servers, or was that just for file sharing servers?
That's what Leap is.
Yup. OpenSuse Leap is the server release of OpenSuse.
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@stacksofplates said in Favorite Linux Distro:
Have you used Fedora 24 workstation ? I just installed it on a VM (4 GB RAM, 50GB HDD, 2 Cores), and I wasn't too impressed ... Just seemed a tad laggy ... I know, it shouldn't be ... I installed it from the Live Image .. dunno, what I did wrong .. shall I try one from Fedora Spins, perhaps ?
Anyway, my fav distro has to be Debian ... It's the distro (Lenny and then squeeze), I've actually used the longest, as a desktop .. It just works for me ..
On the server side, I prefer CentOS... Zentyal too ... technically Zentyal is also a Linux server distro ,since it runs atop Ubuntu
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My true favorite is going to be Ubuntu... But my Laptop is currently running OpenSuSE Tumbleweed.
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@Veet said in Favorite Linux Distro:
@stacksofplates said in Favorite Linux Distro:
Have you used Fedora 24 workstation ? I just installed it on a VM (4 GB RAM, 50GB HDD, 2 Cores), and I wasn't too impressed ... Just seemed a tad laggy ... I know, it shouldn't be ... I installed it from the Live Image .. dunno, what I did wrong .. shall I try one from Fedora Spins, perhaps ?
Anyway, my fav distro has to be Debian ... It's the distro (Lenny and then squeeze), I've actually used the longest, as a desktop .. It just works for me ..
On the server side, I prefer CentOS... Zentyal too ... technically Zentyal is also a Linux server distro ,since it runs atop Ubuntu
That's what I have on my laptop and I haven't noticed any lag. However I have 8GB RAM and an SSD
Gnome 3 requires hardware acceleration so that might be where you're seeing the issue. If you switch to Mate it will be much faster.
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@Veet said in Favorite Linux Distro:
@stacksofplates said in Favorite Linux Distro:
Have you used Fedora 24 workstation ? I just installed it on a VM (4 GB RAM, 50GB HDD, 2 Cores), and I wasn't too impressed ... Just seemed a tad laggy ... I know, it shouldn't be ... I installed it from the Live Image .. dunno, what I did wrong .. shall I try one from Fedora Spins, perhaps ?
If you feel lag, that's because it's a VM without GPU passthrough. That's what that is 100% of the time. And it's the desktop choice, not the distro, that causes that.
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I don't really know that I have a favorite. I use Ubuntu the most, but I hold no loyalties.
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I'm posting from Ubuntu 16.04.1 and it's okay, but it's no Mint. But it installs on this laptop, so it is what it is.
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@scottalanmiller said in Favorite Linux Distro:
I'm posting from Ubuntu 16.04.1 and it's okay, but it's no Mint. But it installs on this laptop, so it is what it is.
You can still install Cinnamon / Mate, etc... If you haven't done that already.
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@scottalanmiller said in Favorite Linux Distro:
I'm posting from Ubuntu 16.04.1 and it's okay, but it's no Mint. But it installs on this laptop, so it is what it is.
I only choose Ubuntu for my desktop installs because it is quick, easy, and what most of my Engineers prefer/standardize things on. If I really wanted to put time and effort into it I would probably go with Mint or OpenSUSE. Right now, and until I get the time to put some serious study into powershell, I spend 90%+ time inside a terminal multiplexer accessed via a Putty session to one of my jump boxes. I might touch a Linux desktop once every couple weeks? As long as I have a working Firefox or Chrome browser I'm generally content.
