Which distro for you?
Forum: water cooler
Topic: Which distro for you?
started by: adssse
Posted by adssse on Aug. 22 2005,01:10
I know we have all seen the distro chooser website. I stumbled upon this one today, and it contains DSL unlike the other ones I had seen so I found it interesting. < http://eedok.voidofmind.com/linux/chooser.html >
Sorry if you have seen this before.
Posted by mikshaw on Aug. 22 2005,02:56
Based on these results we recommend you to try(if you haven't tried it yet):LFS
Hmm...that has been in mind, but never seriously.
DSL came in at 45%, following (in order from highest %)
LFS 90%
Gentoo 81%
Arch/EvilEntity 72%
Debian/Slackware/Vector 54%
My favorite system of the last 4 years (Suse) was listed as 36% compatable with my ideals. The questions were a bit generalized...there are some things I don't mind being taken care of for me.
Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Aug. 22 2005,03:46
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| here's how the distributions in the database match up to your choices: Distro name Match % Ubuntu 8/11: 72% Mandriva 7/11: 63% Fedora 7/11: 63% MEPIS 6/11: 54% SuSe 7/11: 63% Debian 8/11: 72% Knoppix 6/11: 54% Gentoo 6/11: 54% Slackware 8/11: 72% Damn Small 9/11: 81% Arch 7/11: 63% Vector 9/11: 81% Beatrix 9/11: 81% Ark 7/11: 63% LFS 8/11: 72% EvilEntity 7/11: 63% Based on these results we recommend you to try(if you haven't tried it yet): Damn Small |
First try too!
\o/
Editus:
After a little toying to get my dslness to 100%, it gives a very good little description of what DSL is...
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| Your ideal distro is: * Built for older computers * Installed off of a livecd * Installed with everything * One that detects your hardware for you * Packed with only 1 program for each application to save space * Functional as a live CD * Lightweight and speedy * Binary package based * Free from dependancy hell * unlike another OS in GUI Nature |
Pretty cool, eh?
-J.P.
Posted by ke4nt1 on Aug. 22 2005,04:28
Working it to 100%, and seeing the results listed is very close to true !Tells the story pretty well..
73
ke4nt
Posted by ivrobi on Aug. 22 2005,06:14
First try also, and the result is... 
Your ideal distro is:
* Built for older computers
* Installed with everything
* One that detects your hardware for you
* Packed with only 1 program for each application to save space
* Functional as a live CD
* Lightweight and speedy
* Binary package based
* Free from dependancy hell
here's how the distributions in the database match up to your choices:
Distro name Match %
Ubuntu 10/11: 90%
Mandriva 7/11: 63%
Fedora 7/11: 63%
MEPIS 8/11: 72%
SuSe 7/11: 63%
Debian 9/11: 81%
Knoppix 8/11: 72%
Gentoo 6/11: 54%
Slackware 8/11: 72%
Damn Small 11/11: 100%
Arch 7/11: 63%
Vector 9/11: 81%
Beatrix 11/11: 100%
Ark 9/11: 81%
LFS 6/11: 54%
EvilEntity 7/11: 63%
Based on these results we recommend you to try(if you haven't tried it yet):
Damn Small
Is it OK? Yes, it is!