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Best Linux Distro: Linux Experts Rate Distros

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Selecting the best Linux distro is a matter of personal choice, based on your daily work flow. Two Linux experts list their personal picks for best distro and discuss each distros merits and challenges.

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Comments (13)

jdixon ·
I'm certain the regulars here could give folks much better evaluations that Matt Hartley and Bruce Byfield.
kikinovak ·
1. Slackware 2. YMMV
jdixon ·
> 1. Slackware 2. YMMV

Well, obviously I agree. :) But there are lots of folks here who have lots of experience with a number of distros.
penguinist ·
Each use-case has its own best linux distro. For example, here is how I am currently deploying:

For servers: CentOS 6 (not CentOS 7)

For RPis: Raspbian

For desktops and notebooks: Fedora (with multi-boots for slackware, ubuntu, debian, arch and gentoo)

For Odroids: Ubuntu

For Wifi Routers: ddwrt

seatex ·
Well, Linux Mint was #2 on both of their lists, and has been my #1 for newbs for sometime now. However, I've been running Ubuntu Mate 16.04 Beta for the past couple of weeks on my HP AMD A10-8700P Carrizo laptop, and it is impressing me as another fine newb-friendly distro.
Steven_Rosenber ·
Honestly, what works for you is what's best for you, and you have to look at what all the various distros/projects are about and then try what looks good. Your philosophy/beliefs, your hardware and your use case(s) -- all are factors.
Heather ·
I started with Ubuntu but ended up liking Mint. Maybe my favorite chocolate mint ice cream had something to do with that. :)
jdixon ·
> For servers: CentOS 6 (not CentOS 7)

Systemd concerns?
penguinist ·
Exactamente my friend. As far as I'm concerned, the jury is still out on systemd. My mission critical systems are all holding at CentOS 6 specifically because of systemd. I'm not the only sysadmin holding this view.
jdixon ·
> As far as I'm concerned, the jury is still out on systemd. My mission critical systems are all holding at CentOS 6 specifically because of systemd.

Sensbile. I suspect Red Hat is seeing the same thing. I wonder what they'll do to alleviate their customers' concerns.
Steven_Rosenber ·
I run a CentOS 6 server. Since I also run Fedora, it wouldn't kill me to move to CentOS 7.
gary_newell ·
Bruce Byfield said I have never installed Knoppix to a disk and probably never will.

That is good to hear because Knoppix is a live distribution and isn't meant to be installed
linux4567 ·
@penguinist: I'm right with you with regards to Centos 6 for servers and just like you I have no intention of using Centos 7 or any other systemd distro on a server.

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