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Ubuntu
Well, as a long time OpenSuse / Fedora user I have now switched to Ubuntu.
This is because I like Unity, I have been trying Gnome 3, but it feels so unfinished and I never been able to get to like KDE.
So, it's Ubuntu for me ( we ll for now at least ) I'm sure after another 6 months or so, Gnome 3 will be much improved.
Scientific 6
Scientific is about a stable Gnome desktop and more. Support is great and will be for a long time. Much better than Centos or Fedora IMHO.
gentoo
But i like arch to.
gentoo
I like it too for its flexibility and transparency
Aptosid
Aptosid. Great lean mean speedy desktop.
Slackware
Slackware
Mageia
One happy Mageia 1 user here.
I have been using Ubuntu and
I have been using Ubuntu and Mint, but now I'm an Arch user. I love it really much, so I'm unsure if I will ever change distro.
of course you won't. is it
of course you won't. is it the lack of package signing in arch that makes you feel so liberated lol
PCLinuxOS, nothing is easier; nothing is better
Voted PCLinuxOS. If you haven't tried it, and I've tried every major distro there is, you have not seen anything yet.
Mandriva, the one which
Mandriva, the one which opened the door for me to the linux world, so far the best for desktops and new users.
Right now i'm trying debian, pinguyos and chakra, the 3 of them doing pretty good so far.
I've tried Opensue and Fedora, pretty good ones, but they feel like windows after installation, empty. Lots of things to configure and in Fedora's case complicate.
Working out of the box is a term i like, especially if i want to convince anybody to turn into linux, with Fedora and Opensuse sadly i don't get that most of the time.
Mandriva is my favorite
Mandriva is my favorite distro
Gentoo
Just one word: control
Once, ubuntu and mint. Now, PCLOS
Back when WoW was important to me, I mostly ran Ubuntu (normal, Kubuntu, CrunchBang 9.04, Mint, Mint Fluxbox, Mint LXDE), cos it was easy and Wine worked well. I also successfully used Salix (almost Slack), openSUSE, and Sabayon. But eventually I stopped playing WoW. And I discovered I was really tired of the installation and update treadmill. So I went back to the first distro to work for me: PCLinuxOS. They don't do development Wine, which was why I left them for Mint and Ubuntu, but now that I'm no longer playing WoW, that no longer matters.
It's rock solid and it's easy. I don't have to fret about my ignorance of configuration options, I don't have to reinstall because PCLOS is rolling release, and the community is solid. Admittedly, if you install from any ISO but Full Monty DVD, you have to run a script to fix the repo source list (there's a link at the top of every forum page), but after that it is easy as pie. I have Lubuntu 11.04 and CrunchBang 10 installed, but spend well over 90% of my time in PCLOS.
Slackware
Slackware is my choice. Been using Slackware since version 10 and loving it. It is simple, rock-solid and easy to use. I run it on my server (apache,postfix,dovecot,nfs,samba), desktop, laptop and as mythtv system connected to my TV.
my choice is Elementary OS
my choice is Elementary OS
Slackware
I've been using Slackware since version 8.0. Slack fits wherever I need!!!
What a shame... I counted only about 10 comments about slackware...
Aptosid
Debian Sid, with just a touch of refinement. Dev team provides just enough buffer between the really bad breakages and the users, and provides useful docs.
Certainly not for everyone.
PCLinuxOS
PCLinuxOS, of course. It simply works and has the best hardware detection of any Linux distro that I've every tried or used. Texstar and the small group of packagers put together a system that can't be beat.
PClinuxos
I voted for the one I use and support. It just simply works, and works well.
Texstar and Group produce a high quality stable product for its users.
Mike
Sabayon, it just works, no
Sabayon, it just works, no config needed. Try it and you'll see....
Slackware
I've been using Slackware for the past ten years, give or take. I am kind of disappointed that it didn't make the list, but glad to see it getting some love from other posters.
Pardus
Pardus.
Mandriva
Right now im using fedora for job reasons but Mandriva is for me the best for the desktop, funtional, intuitive and beautiful
Pardus Pardus Parduuuusss Hooooo [1]
I have been using Pardus [2] since I was six. I would recommend Pardus to everyone. Just give a try and see :)
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehkNLgaZR2Y
[2] http://pardus.org.tr/eng/
Mageia
Based on Mandriva, it inherits MCC from Mandriva and moreover it's really built from the community.
+1 I'm also using Mageia.
+1
I'm also using Mageia. Runs like a champ.
PCLinuxOs
voted PCLinuxOs, of course...
Linux Mint is the best!
For my kids, Mint Katya is the best distro! Easy for kids and grandmothers to play games, do facebook and look movies. Also suitable for myself, using c++ Eclipse and other programming stuff.
I have always used gentoo
I have always used gentoo linux sense i can remember. I have tried most all others distros threw out playing around with linux , gentoo just seems to be the perfect one for me.
Kubuntu
I voted other - Kubuntu. I know some will throw it in with Ubuntu, but the differences are more than cosmetic.
Some have terrible stories of Kubuntu and maybe it doesn't get the love it deserves from it's parent Ubuntu, but I've been using it for a few years now and I find it acceptable for daily use on the desktop (laptop users may have a different experience).
My second choice if I had to switch would be a hard, but I think it would be Mint KDE, followed by Fedora KDE, then openSuse KDE.
Tango Studio
I tried all the audio distros and Tango Studio is by far the best.
Mandriva
Nothing as Mandriva. It's simply the distro with better performance and hardware detection and autoconfiguration I've seen. Also, her Control Center is only liked as the OpenSUSE Control Center.
I agree, FC is good, but the
I agree, FC is good, but the hardware detection and configuration pales in comparison to Mandriva. I was completely floored when everything (wifi, bluetooth, webcam, suspend, volume control, brightness) just worked on my band new netbook. Solid, but gives you the "extra" options in places you wouldn't expect. I really liked the ability to pass iwconfig flags/cmds to the network manager.
Slackware
Slackware
why is this not listed?, damn
why is this not listed?, damn hipsters.
also: Slackware too.
Arch Linux: ultra-flexible,
Arch Linux: ultra-flexible, responsive, neat & simple.
Chakra Linux
It's a fork of Archlinux based in KDE. It's simply awesome, it has all the power of Arch with the beauty of KDE.
I went from Slackware to
I went from Slackware to Gentoo. Never looking back. :)
Fedora
Fedora - a stable and trustworthy platform, with most of the essentials ready-to-go. I abandoned Ubuntu at 9.04 because of unfixed bugs (filesystem frozen write-only, no logs) and all their development effort going into feature-free eye-candy.
It looks like the battle for the desktop future is wide open because both Ubuntu and Gnome have abandoned it in favour of mobile-friendly interfaces, and no major distribution is targeting a keyboard (with or without a mouse) centred interface. I want several applications open, with the ability to freely cut and paste between them.
I am now sticking with an RPM distribution on my desktop and Debian on my laptop, running software that works equally well on both, with all my scripting and development standardized to run unaltered on both.
Fuduntu
Not that I'm biased, or anything. It's fast, stable, gives great battery life, and gets the job done and gets out of the way.
Arch
Archlinux all the way for my own needs but I used to install Kubuntu on other folks desktops and Debian on servers I admin. I will use Archlinux everywhere from now on though as it's by far the best compromise between a binary and source distro with the easiest source package management system.
crunchbang
crunchbang
Crunchbang as well here. It's
Crunchbang as well here. It's just everything a lazy nerd like me needs, it's techy but WORKS. It's also the best Openbox implementation I've ever come across.
kubuntu
I voted as other for kubuntu. Kubuntu is a close relative to Ubuntu but the distinction between desktop choice is important and relevant. I use kde, not gnome or unity, and this was the deciding factor for which distro I chose. To group them together lessens the reason users choose kubuntu instead of Ubuntu.
For about 2 years (4 releases) I installed kubuntu desktop over Ubuntu and I assure you it is different from installing just kubuntu. Not necessarily worse, but definitely not the same experience due to all the gnome apps.
Where next
I use ubuntu 10.10 and I like it. I want the menu system of gnome 2 and the window icons on the same side as Windows. Now where do I go? 11.04 is just not right. Mint does not work with compiz properly. Will KDE be the only way out. I am sure I can't be alone with this situation.
You might like to ask which version of the distributions people like as I think this may throw up some interesting results.
Slackware, on everything
Slackware Linux, because it has more desktop functionality than I need, and all that I want, without sacrificing the server and development aspects of Linux.
Agreed. Slackware is the most
Agreed. Slackware is the most stable distro I've used and is not bloated like most others. It sticks to the way the original package developers intended things to be.
Agreed. Slackware is the
Agreed. Slackware is the best.
Pardus
Pardus