I understand that many people on here do not use a Linux based OS, but I know for a fact that some people here do. My NIC seemed to suddenly stop working for all installations of Windows 7 (don't ask me why) so I've been spending a lot more time using and experimenting with different types of Linux distros.

I currently use Ubuntu 11.10 B2 and I got used to the Unity interface but I would like something a little different. I decided to try using Elive but that was a miserable fail since I either had to pay to install it or I had to write some stupid blog about it. So, basically, I was wondering what you fellow forum members are using, and what you recommend. I have heard that Debian is good, I might mess around with installing that later too. I would prefer distros other than ones meant for older computers with little RAM, such as Damn Small Linux. There's just so many different distros out there that I wanted to get ideas from my fellow forum members rather than going in alphabetical order and testing out every single one....

I also figured anyone wanting to just talk about Linux in general could post here as well.

I have a partition with ubuntu installed, and I use debian for alot of my servers :p

So you use Ubuntu for most of your every day kind of work? Or do you use Windows for that.

for the curious, I have a archlinux partition.

lcpdfr server layout:

NAT box (router, nginx): Ubuntu

MySQL box: Ubuntu

WWW box: CentOS

SVN/Dev box: Ubuntu

Use Ubuntu all the time at work (Linux Systems Administration)

So you use Ubuntu for most of your every day kind of work? Or do you use Windows for that.

Mostly Windows

My server and backup are running Debian and my router DD-WRT, I have also used Ubuntu, Puppy and BackTrack(Ubuntu based, previously Debian), So far I think Debian is the best all rounder.

I understand that many people on here do not use a Linux based OS...

Looks like there are a few of us.

Well I guess I'll set aside a small 50 GB partition for debian and see how I like it. 50 GB might be a little much but I have 1.96 TB of space to use. Luckily I link my home folder to a partition on my 500GB disk so all of my downloads, documents, etc are synced between most any OS I use (besides Windows).

Edited September 26, 201114 yr by Iconography

Well I guess I'll set aside a small 50 GB partition for debian and see how I like it. 50 GB might be a little much but I have 1.96 TB of space to use. Luckily I link my home folder to a partition on my 500GB disk so all of my downloads, documents, etc are synced between most any OS I use (besides Windows).

In reference to the downloads thing. Just wanted to point out that linux has a package that makes linux able to access Windows format drives. Just something to think about for OS file sharing :)

Yeah I used to access my Windows partition all the time via terminal as well as the GUI. I never actually bothered to link my Windows downloads since none of them are meant for Linux Ubuntu comes with (seemingly) full NTFS support.

Oh and congrats on first post!

Edited September 26, 201114 yr by Iconography

I used to be a DJ and did a lot with audio files, so I used to use Ubuntu Studio and liked it a lot. It also had a lot of support for video stuff as well. I have tried the newer versions of Ubuntu and will agree the interface takes some getting used to, especially if you are a regular Linux user. I have Ubuntu installed now. There was another one I liked really well which was Fedora. I am thinking of going back to Fedora here soon. I changed to Ubuntu when I found the studio version. I would try them both out and see which one you like better. Both are good, though they are based on different forms of Linux. Ubuntu is a Debian system, where as Fedora is a Red Hat system. The biggest difference is the package manager. (and few others). At least that would be my $.02

I use Kubuntu, I have used Ubuntu, CentOS 4 & 5 & 6, OpenSolaris, Debian, OpenSUSE, Puppylinux, Sabayon Linux

I personally like Kubuntu & Sabayon Linux(LXDE)

Last night I downloaded the KDE plasma desktop packages, so I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 B2 but with the option of using the KDE environment instead (which I prefer, currently).

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Never mind. I have no sound control at all when using KDE. Gnome will work fine but KDE is always full blast all the time, no matter what I set my device to. Have had this problem with all distros using KDE, and has been happening for over 2 years.... Something is either wrong with ALSA or some other thing entirely... Next!

Edited September 27, 201114 yr by Iconography

I never had sound issues with KDE possible driver issue?

I've been googling it for a year now, is just seems like Intel HD audio drivers don't work too well with some versions of ALSA, etc.

I have Arch Linux and was wondering how could I get LSPDFR to run on GTA 5. What would I need to download and run GTA 5 along with LSPDFR?