Which distro to use? - Hardware & Software

I am new to Linux and still learning a good portion of it's entirety, but I do not know which distro would be good use. I have tried using Ubuntu, and I did not like it very much. Any suggestions?

If you want something easy to use, get [url="http://fedoraproject.org/"]Fedora Core[/url] (has some bug here and there) or [url="http://www.linuxmint.com/"]Linux Mint[/url] (I never tried that one but I heard it's easy to use). If you want something stable, get [url="http://www.debian.org/"]Debian[/url]. If you want to learn how Linux works, get [url="http://www.archlinux.org/"]Arch Linux[/url] or [url="http://www.gentoo.org/"]Gentoo[/url] (though I don't recommand Gentoo if you're new).

What exactly did you not like about Ubuntu? It'll make it easier to recommend distros.

The thing I didn't like about Ubuntu was that I was not really learning anything from it.

[QUOTE=Aoifern;31764179]The thing I didn't like about Ubuntu was that I was not really learning anything from it.[/QUOTE] Go with a Debian testing netinsall or an Arch netinstall.

If you want to learn about how things work I'd recommend Arch.

[QUOTE=Aoifern;31764179]The thing I didn't like about Ubuntu was that I was not really learning anything from it.[/QUOTE] Try Arch in a VM then.

Okay I installed Arch and i got it installed smoothly. Now I just have to get my bearings.

[QUOTE=Aoifern;31835572]Okay I installed Arch and i got it installed smoothly. Now I just have to get my bearings.[/QUOTE] What desktop environment did you use?

As of now I didn't get one installed yet, just have command line. Still a little confusing, but I can manage.

I like Kubuntu, Ubuntu but with KDE.

[QUOTE=Michael haxz;31908523]I like Kubuntu, Ubuntu but with KDE.[/QUOTE] I've never tried KDE, but it looks so ugly and bloated to me.

Debian Squeeze with the testing repos.

Is there something wrong with me? I'm smart enough to use other distros but I don't like anything other than Ubuntu for some reason...

[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;31910004]I've never tried KDE, but it looks so ugly and bloated to me.[/QUOTE] If you hate bloat but don't mind ugly you could try out tinycore or microcore.

What do you mean you "weren't learning anything from it"? You can't just install a linux distro and expect it to teach you things. I'd personally prefer RedHat based systems over debian. Fedora is RedHat based, and is a great distro for beginners wishing to learn.

Archbang

[QUOTE=Aoifern;31757924]I am new to Linux and still learning a good portion of it's entirety, but I do not know which distro would be good use. I have tried using Ubuntu, and I did not like it very much. Any suggestions?[/QUOTE] New to linux? Go Zorin-OS its a lot like windows and is ubuntu based.. I highly reccomend it. Its good for those new and old to linux. [url]http://zorin-os.com/[/url]

As I said before on a seperate thread, Crunchbang is pretty amazing. It really fits all my needs, and it is as easy, if not easier than installing ubuntu. I've been using it for 5 or so days now, and I've surfed the web, watched anime, used torrents, IRC chatted, edited pictures, installed and used skype, installed language packs, and all sorts of fun stuff easily. Plus, crunchbang comes with conky, chrominium, and other cool stuff installed out of the box as well as the option to install SSH servers and such when you start it up for the first time. I'm really loving openbox, the window manager. You can set up multiple desktops pretty easily with it (Just use the scroll wheel on the "toolbar" at the bottom, and the toolbar at the bottom isn't a toolbar as much as just part of the desktop which has icons on it. Plus, it just looks sexy. That's my two cents. It's debian based, so it's going to support anything debian had. Debian, if you didn't know, is one of the more popular distros.

[QUOTE=Chezhead;32098491]As I said before on a seperate thread, Crunchbang is pretty amazing. It really fits all my needs, and it is as easy, if not easier than installing ubuntu. I've been using it for 5 or so days now, and I've surfed the web, watched anime, used torrents, IRC chatted, edited pictures, installed and used skype, installed language packs, and all sorts of fun stuff easily. Plus, crunchbang comes with conky, chrominium, and other cool stuff installed out of the box as well as the option to install SSH servers and such when you start it up for the first time. I'm really loving openbox, the window manager. You can set up multiple desktops pretty easily with it (Just use the scroll wheel on the "toolbar" at the bottom, and the toolbar at the bottom isn't a toolbar as much as just part of the desktop which has icons on it. Plus, it just looks sexy. That's my two cents. It's debian based, so it's going to support anything debian had. Debian, if you didn't know, is one of the more popular distros.[/QUOTE] The "toolbar" as you put it is called tint2.

[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;32098626]The "toolbar" as you put it is called tint2.[/QUOTE] Thanks. I'm still relatively new to Linux (compared to some other people in this subsection), and don't know the terminology as well.[i]The more you know[/i]

Debian to learn and experiment Linux. Ubuntu for general purpose.

[QUOTE=Kaegan;32236895]Debian to learn and experiment Linux. Ubuntu for general purpose.[/QUOTE] Why would you ever use Debian to experiment Linux? Try Gentoo or Arch Linux for that.

Making the jump to something like Arch or Gentoo is a little daunting at first, but the rewards are worth it.

if you read, installing Arch isn't hard anyway The harder part is installing XFCE or some other desktop environment but after that, it's pretty manageable plus you're smarter in the end and with the control Arch gives you, you can cut out shit you don't need

I suggest you don't change distro just yet, instead read scripting tutorials and experiment with the command line and such. When installing a new distro, either you'll go the guided way, (a la Ubuntu) which won't teach you much, or do a custom, command line-esque install, (a la Arch) in which case you might have to tinker a lot just to get the OS to work. Which isn't the easiest thing to do when you're new. That being said, downgrade to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS if you find your current desktop weird and toy-ish. 10.04s desktop is more similar to other distros' desktops.

[QUOTE=Gongong;32445200]I suggest you don't change distro just yet, instead read scripting tutorials and experiment with the command line and such. When installing a new distro, either you'll go the guided way, (a la Ubuntu) which won't teach you much, or do a custom, command line-esque install, (a la Arch) in which case you might have to tinker a lot just to get the OS to work. Which isn't the easiest thing to do when you're new. That being said, downgrade to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS if you find your current desktop weird and toy-ish. 10.04s desktop is more similar to other distros' desktops.[/QUOTE] Or switch to gnome on boot up...

webOS [Phone] Mandariva Ubuntu Fedora My GUI is GNOME for all of the desktop OS's

[QUOTE=carman16;32452196]webOS [Phone] [/QUOTE] WebOS is essentially a dead OS now. Not a good idea. [B]edit[/B] The people who rated me dumb obviously don't watch the news or read Slashdot. HP is going down the tubes quick, this has been known for a while now. The main hardware platform that WebOS was being used on is now dead (HP Touchpads). HP has no idea what they are doing with the OS now. Do a bit of research.

Okay, okay, so I'm coming to a point where I like the concepts of Arch Linux (I'm specifically liking Archbang) and Crunchbang. Can someone explain to me which one I should go to? They both (or all three if you think I should go to straight-up Arch) look neat.