distroshoot (2 Viewers)

[Martin]

http://distrowatch.com/ has a "ranking" of distros based on the number of hits each distro's page on distrowatch is getting. Since there aren't any other rankings for this, it's used as an unofficial distro popularity ranking in the community. That is, ranking in popularity, not install base.

The question is, how many of the distro's in the top100 have you tried? This is the current ranking:

1       Ubuntu
2       openSUSE
3       Fedora
4       MEPIS
5       Mandriva
6       PCLinuxOS
7       Damn
8       Debian
9       Slackware
10      KNOPPIX
11      Gentoo
12      FreeBSD
13      Kubuntu
14      CentOS
15      Zenwalk
16      Puppy
17      Xubuntu
18      SLAX
19      Vector
20      Xandros
21      KANOTIX
22      Sabayon
23      Arch
24      PC-BSD
25      Freespire
26      GParted
27      Red
28      Nexenta
29      GeeXboX
30      Elive
31      KateOS
32      Frugalware
33      Linspire
34      Foresight
35      Kororaa
36      Linux
37      Novell
38      Dreamlinux
39      VideoLinux
40      Ubuntu
41      dyne:bolic
42      Symphony
43      Ark
44      Solaris
45      DesktopBSD
46      Scientific
47      BackTrack
48      StartCom
49      aLinux
50      VLOS
51      OpenBSD
52      64
53      LG3D
54      NetBSD
55      LFS
56      Devil
57      SME
58      trixbox
59      Frenzy
60      Underground
61      Musix
62      Berry
63      Turbolinux
64      easys
65      IPCop
66      FoX
67      Gentoox
68      Wolvix
69      Edubuntu
70      BLAG
71      ClarkConnect
72      DragonFly
73      Vine
74      Kurumin
75      FreeNAS
76      Feather
77      SystemRescue
78      AUSTRUMI
79      GoblinX
80      BeleniX
81      Pentoo
82      Yoper
83      Ultima
84      rPath
85      Helix
86      Yellow
87      BIG
88      MoviX
89      EnGarde
90      SaxenOS
91      m0n0wall
92      White
93      LiveCD
94      SmoothWall
95      Parsix
96      Morphix
97      QiLinux
98      Mediainlinux
99      Myah
100     Lunar

I've tried these, not all in the current versions:
Ubuntu Dapper
Suse 9
Fedora Core 3
Mepis in a couple versions
Mandrake, before the merger with Connectiva and Lycoris (which I also tried)
Damn Small (last week)
Debian about 4 years ago
Slackware 3 (current is 11), first distro I ever tried, back in high school
Knoppix
Gentoo (starting with version 1.2)
FreeBSD
Kubuntu
CentOS (is actually the distro they use at the computer lab here)
Puppy (last week)
Xandros
Arch (didn't get it at all)
Red Hat 9
Nexenta (this week)
Linspire
dyne:bolic
Solaris
VLOS (like a year ago)
ClarkConnect (ran it on my home server for 2 years as dhcp/dns cache)
SmoothWall (as a router/firewall many years ago)

So that's 25, has it really been that many? :nerd:

 

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[JCK]

I have tried 2 (Ubuntu and Gentoo) I tried Fedora but it idn't work.

 

[3pac]

This thread makes me feel like I have a life

 

[JCK]

Full o bugs

 

[sateeh]

ok wait i have something confused, wats the difference between fedora core and Red hat ?
cuz i thought Red hat was a desktop thing.

 

[Martin]

ok wait i have something confused, wats the difference between fedora core and Red hat ?
cuz i thought Red hat was a desktop thing.

RedHat completely discontinued their line of free desktop distro to focus on the commercial world. Their product now is Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which comes with a support deal. The desktop side was taken over by a project called Fedora Core, which is probably the most innovating and cutting edge binary distro out there. Other projects forked off RedHat Linux are Whitebox and CentOS. CentOS I believe is basically Red Hat Enterprise Linux repackaged, free of charge.

Meanwhile Fedora Core being so daring does a really good job to test new technologies that get adopted by Red Hat Enterprise Linux once they're known to be stable.

 

[JCK]

I have the Fedora Core's DVD but it just refuses to work.

 

[sateeh]

RedHat completely discontinued their line of free desktop distro to focus on the commercial world. Their product now is Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which comes with a support deal. The desktop side was taken over by a project called Fedora Core, which is probably the most innovating and cutting edge binary distro out there. Other projects forked off RedHat Linux are Whitebox and CentOS. CentOS I believe is basically Red Hat Enterprise Linux repackaged, free of charge.

Meanwhile Fedora Core being so daring does a really good job to test new technologies that get adopted by Red Hat Enterprise Linux once they're known to be stable.

thanx for that martin

 

[/usr/bin]

The question is, how many of the distro's in the top100 have you tried? This is the current ranking:

So that's 25, has it really been that many? :nerd:

let's see:

Ubuntu
Kubuntu
Red Hat
Fedora Core
dyne:bolic
Linspire
Freespire
SimplyMEPIS
Mandrake
Mandriva
Damn Small Linux
Puppy Linux
GentooX
xUbuntux (I think that's the name)
Gparted

both GentooX and xubuntux were designed to work on an xbox, btw

Aha, 15 distros.. not bad

 

[Martin]

Whoa you're a heavy weight, Nawaf

 

[JCK]

Whoa you're a heavy weight, Nawaf

I looked hard but didn't see Gentoo in his list

 

[/usr/bin]

Whoa you're a heavy weight, Nawaf

 

[/usr/bin]

I looked hard but didn't see Gentoo in his list

and why do you think that is?

 

[JCK]

and why do you think that is?

You ask me? Why don'tyou have Gentoo on your list. Installing on XBoX does not qualify

 

[/usr/bin]

You ask me? Why don'tyou have Gentoo on your list. Installing on XBoX does not qualify

actually, I *tried* installing it on an xbox..

 

[Martin]

I looked hard but didn't see Gentoo in his list

He's pretending not to notice the giant elephant in the room

 

[Martin]

Nawaf's house:

 

[JCK]

 

[/usr/bin]

Nawaf's house:

jealous?

 

[JCK]

jealous?

He actually has a bigger penguin, how can he be jealous?