Linux Distribution Chooser

Last edited by KoolDrew on Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:38 pm; edited 1 time in total

This site has a series of questions available for you to answer. Once you have answered the questions it will give you a list of distros that may be good for you. When I did the test it said Debian was the best choice for me which is my favorite Distro. It also recommended Ubuntu/Kubuntu and Mepis. I have tried Ubuntu, but not Mepis, but it looks good.

This is perfect for someone new to linux and is deciding on their first distro.

http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/

It recommended Kubuntu & Gentoo for me.

Well, it suggested Mandriva, MEPIS, PCLinuxOS, and Fedora for me. Out of those, Fedora is the only one I've ever heard of. I think I might try the live cd of PCLinuxOS.

I would try Mepis.

Why? Is it a good one?

It is Debian-based.

Debian is one of the most stable Linux distributions available.

Oh, that sounds good ;)

Also I hate both Mandriva (tried in the Mandrake days) and Fedora. I have never tried PCLinuxOS, but don't have any intention to anytime soon.

I will summarize for you:

No viruses
No spyware
No trojans
Built-In firewall
Compatible with most hardware
Has nice GUI
Fast
Reliable
Stable
Open Source (bugs getting fixed almost instantly)

And there are many Windows-program alternatives for Linux, that are sometimes better than their Windows-based counterpart.

My friend who has an Athlon 64 Socket 939 system is running full time on Fedora Core 4, and he says it is fast for everything in general, especially database work. (he is interested in making databases, etc.)

Still, basically everything you mentioned is for Internet. I agree, it's great for internet use, but not so great beyond that. Plus, let's say you use Open Office rather than Word, or WordPerfect. Will the files be compatible? I can't say for sure, but I highly doubt that they are.

You can open Microsoft Word files in Open Office.