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For all you linux ponies out there (I'm using Windows, see blog), what is your favorite brand of linux? There is a ****load of them to pick from so what makes you pick the one you are using?

[WingedPanther]

Ubuntu and Mint are on my radar for my next install, though I've had good experiences with RedHat/Fedora.

[marwex89]

I like Gentoo for the same reasons I like semi-low level programming. I have Arch on one of my USB sticks (see my LiveUSB tutorial). I never really got comfortable with Ubuntu for some reason..

[ZekeDragon]

Ubuntu is okay... but not my favorite. I think I preferred Mandriva way more. Also Linux Mint, Sabayon, and Puppy Linux. ^_^

[marwex89]

I don't like puppy.. It's easy to use, but I never really liked it. Don't they have Cat-Linux?

[Shaddix]

Mint7 is excellent!
it's Ubuntu 9 + a lot of work of the Mint people

so it has the benefits of Ubuntu 9 + the benefits added by the Mint community
for example everything work out of the box, it has a lot of drivers, flash, video codecs, vlc, ... installed

also it has the best Gnome Look I ever saw, if you want to try Linux, there is only 1 way to go, Mint :D

[BlaineSch]

I actually have Mint on my cell! :D I like Mandrivia though, it is really one of 3 I have really tried though so I am not giving it a fair chance.

[amrosama]

mint looks nice, im gonna try it on the next linux installation

[debtboy]

Tried quite a few, but recently installed Gentoo. :pinguin:
It was a PITA to install and configure but for
some unknown reason, I enjoyed every minute of it,
over 3,000 minutes to be more precise.
compiling... compiling... and more compiling... :drool:
(must be a personality defect)

[marwex89]

Gentoo rocks :P

[Hignar]

I've been using Mint 7 for a couple of months now, in fact I upgraded my laptop to the 64 bit edition yesterday. It's the first gnome based distro that I've managed to get on with. The whole distro just hangs together so well. It's like they've taken Ubuntu given it a good polish and changed the horrible brown theme.

Linux Mint 7 is, imo, the closest we have got to what the IT media keeps referring to as "Linux ready for the desktop".

I do feel a bit of a linux traitor by using a distro that required no tweaking to get working properly, but after several years of having to put aside a full day to get an installation working it's nice to be able to go from burning the disc to fully functional OS in under 30 minutes.