Which version of Linux are you using?

openSUSE 12.1 on Dell Studio 1747.

 

My guess is because it's basically a fork of Mandriva, and Mandriva used to be pretty popular on DistroWatch. I had been wondering why Mandriva was so unpopular in DistroWatch recently, and then I learned about Mageia. Although I can't offer any technical reasons, as I haven't used it (did use Mandriva at one point in the past, though).

I run Linux in VMs, and last month pondered upgrading from PCLinuxOS Minime 2009.2, with KDE 3.5, as KDE 3.5 is pretty long in the tooth now, and the past few KDE 4's seem stable. I tried a few distros, including Slackware 13.37 because, well, how could you not try a distro with a version number like that? But I think I'll end up migrating to Mint 13 with MATE (didn't figure Cinnamon was the greatest idea in a VM). It was easy to get working and plays nice with the VM. Haven't migrated yet, though, since by the time I'd finished trying distros I'd lost the motivation (and time I'd expected it to take) to do so.

I used to prefer distros that didn't pack tons of extra software, since I didn't have tons of hard drive space - hence I used small versions of Mandriva and PCLinuxOS. But, now I have a 2 TB HDD, so that isn't much of a concern.

 

Anyone remember when Mandriva used to be called Mandrake?

 

I've been using Xubuntu 12.04 for three months now, and I'm still liking it. I think it's perfect my needs, but I'm very thankful that it doesn't have unity.

 

Yep.

Still have a set of 3.5" FDDs and a rather thick booklet somewhere in the basement...forgot which version that was, though...

 

I use Arch Linux, though I also enjoyed the Gentoo (minus teh compiling), as well as the Slack. I guess I just like the DIY kind of thing.

 

im on Sabayon 9 KDE on my main laptop and !#on the eeepc-900
iwas looking for a rolling release so i said lets try ARCH but they change the install method and grub wouldn't install so i give up and installe sabayon but i think im going to go the debian way soon with KDE of course

 

Who charges? ARCH???

 

Mint, because it's ubuntu with all the changes I would make anyways. So it fits my needs perfectly, but as of late, with the gnome debacle, I'm considering some form of kde.

 

I'm starting up with CentOS, openSUSE, and Ubuntu Server under VMware just to stay current with what's going to be commonly used in the Enterprise world.

 

I am currently using Ubuntu. It is super easy to use and has helped me with many problems.

 

Just upgraded to Sony VAIO E17 17.3" ( SVE1711X1E). Ivy Bridge quad core i7 cpu, 8 Gb RAM, AMD Radeon HD 7650M video card, backlit keyboard. It was with some trepidation that I removed the hdd from the old Dell Studio 1747 with openSUSE 12.1/x86_64 and inserted it into the Vaio. Booted into runlevel 3, did a full update via zypper (including the latest 12.8 catalyst driver from linux.ioda.net/mirror/ati/openSUSE_12.1/), rebooted and switched to runlevel 5. To my great relief, everything worked, including keyboard backlight and function keys such as volume control, etc. There was no need to edit any config files, or reconfigure anything via Yast, or re-run aticonfig. It seems that Sony simply disabled switchable graphics in this model, and thus the catalyst driver has no problems detecting and using the discrete video card. The fans are barely audible, and in fact seem quieter than on the old Dell Studio laptop.

The only minor glitch I have discovered so far is the well known issue with the r8169 kernel driver for the Realtek RTL8111/8168B gigabit adapter described here SDB:Realtek 8169 driver problem - openSUSE along with 3 workarounds. This issue seems to reappear on many other laptops using this network adapter across all linux distros. If you choose to use wifi instead of wired ethernet, then this is not an issue.

So if anyone's still looking for a modern desktop replacement laptop to run openSUSE on, I highly recommend the Sony Vaio E series 17.

 

Using whatever the latest version of Debian on a virtual machine for a C class (I like gedit more than notepad++ on Windows).

 

You can get gedit for windows. gedit

Direct download link via page. http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/binaries/win32/gedit/2.30/gedit-setup-2.30.1-1.exe

 

Neat . Though I do need something to fill up my storage space

My class only uses Linux though (didn't check which distro though) for CPSC111, so I'm forcing myself to get familiar with the environment.

 

I hope you like it, with whatever distro you choose. I love linux and will never go back, despite some of its shortcomings.

 

I'm pretty OS agnostic really, but most of the programs I run require Windows, hence why I stay with that for now.

Last time I tried Linux was a dual-boot with Windows Vista (or 7, can't remember) and Ubuntu 9.10, which I liked. I have 12.04 LTS installed on my laptop VM and I **hate** Unity! What the hell is that mess? :/

So now I'm using Debian (Squeeze, I think. Whatever's the current stable release). Back to the older GNOME desktop

 

When you do upgrade to Wheezy (out soon...ish), remember XFCE is an option (as is KDE, but I'm assuming you lean towards GTK). And unlike some distros, Debian is DE-agnostic.

 

True, I like XFCE (it's used on the school Linux desktops). Tried out KDE once, and it confused me somewhat because it looked like Windows but everything was "out of order" when compared to Windows. Kind of annoyed me.

As for anything under the hood (GTK, Qt, etc.), I honestly know nothing about it. Pretty much a complete noob with Linux.

 

debian mint when I do. Unfortunately my laptop can't do xen through gpu so losing $win is a loss and it'd affect me on the business side. I'd love to have native gaming performance with win with my current m15x setup except its imposssible.

Hopefully I'll hit a point I say F it. go to where I can TWEAK HAPPY YAYA AND passthrough for the possibility of gaming unhampered. I can dream can't I? I will say I like mint debian much more than ubuntu!!!! ?Or maybe its just debian


Edit: Frankly I know I hate GNOME. And have a general idea of XFCE vs K (forgive my desktop giu acronym knowledge). Theres like what 3 or 4 major default players right? If someone can reply I'd like to check them out. I really do like the powerusability linux offers

 

Let's see:

1) Multi-boot with my Windows 7 computer
a) Scientific Linux 6.2
b) Centos 6.2
c) Kubuntu 12.04

2) Multiboot with my Windows XP computer
a) Fedora 15 KDE version

3) Raspberry pi
a) Debian Wheezy for ARM

 

Try MATE. GNOME 3 annoys a lot of people. MATE is a fork of GNOME 2, which many folks love. Personally, I prefer either a solid KDE integration or XFCE.
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Im for XFCE myself, after getting it the way i like it is awesome, added benefit is that it uses less resources then KDE and Gnome, dont know about MATE never used it but i imagine its like Gnome 2 so i bet its not heavy on modern hardware.

does the m15x have Optimus?? if so you could do GPU passthrough to an external monitor, there might be some acpi command to force a switch for the laptop screen but im not sure which they are, been wanting to do a similar setup with my w520 but between battery life and output switching i haven't tried it yet.

 

Dual-Boot Win7 64-Bit & Ubuntu 12.04 64-Bit.

 

I switched to Arch + XFCE over a year ago.

 

Cinnamon is another option. At a very high level, Cinnamon is gnome 3 (i.e. gnome shell) but with the classic gnome2 look and feel. The extension APIs are very much similar too in fact between gnome-shell and cinnamon.

Linux MINT is the primary distro supporting and developing Cinnamon (and I guess even MATE).

 

Been running Mint 12 on my work computer since it's release and love it.

My new Gigabyte U2442N should arrive early next week and although I will keep an install of Win7 strictly for audio editing that I just can't do in Linux, it will dual boot into Zorin OS 6 ( http://zorin-os.com/). This is my favorite flavor of Linux yet- and I've tried dozens...

 

I'm trying out Peppermint OS3 x64 now, It's nice everything is working out of the box and fast too. startup from my 5400rpm drive is 20 seconds, and shutdown is 5 sec.

 

Sparky Linux 3.4 e18 desktop -http://sparkylinux.org/download/# Because I could not get HDMI audio out to 4 year old Flat Screen Sony TV with anything based on 14.04 ! (current Mint, U 14.04 LTS or Beta Bodhi 3.0 (but e19 works great).

 

I am using Alpine Linux on an older computer as a router and a few servers. It is efficient. Worth a look.

 

Kali Linux

 

Arch Linux with Gnome 3.12

 

Arch with kde

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Arch Linux with cinnamon.

~Aeny

 

Manjaro (Arch) or Antergos (Arch). I don't have the time or the internet for a pure arch install. Once you go rolling release, you never go back.

 

Debian Jessie and kde on my four-year-old desktop; debian wheezy on an equally old asus netbook. Both run great.

 

Elementary

 

And then you started doing serious work, and you realize how broken the RR model really is.

 

Depends on what kind of work you do. As a dev I actually find RR a bit easier for keeping up with all the stuff, so I can work out comparability issue earlier than when my users update and hit them.

 

No doubt that being a dev RR makes a world of sense for you. I'd probably do the same. But on the other side of the fence working in an environment with a few thousand Ubuntu laptops, those milestone releases really give you some breathing room.

 

3.14 vanilla

 

3.13.0-24-generic

 

Xubuntu 14.04 on a T440s

 

Linux [hostname] 3.16.1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Aug 14 07:40:19 CEST 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 

Just installed Fedora 20 on my ancient ThinkPad T42p. Smooth sailing so far.

 

I've been using Macpup to squeeze out the last remaining life of an old laptop.

 

I have a laptop with Linux Mint 17 installed

 

I went from Ubuntu to Mint. Didn't want to have a bunch of security programs running on my Windows 7, since I only have a duo core i3 laptop with 4 GB of Ram. Not the best but good for surfing. Even if I had a powerhouse, which I am planning on getting, I'd still be on Mint. Computer runs smoother, less worry about getting a virus. I changed from Ubuntu to Mint mainly because Mint gives me the familiarity of Windows 7 since the theme is very similar. And I also love the terminal.

 

Since Bodhi Linux is fading fast (they still do not have a final version of U 14.04 base to release) I tried PCLinuxOS and was very impressed. The minimal version still comes with very good HW support and thanks to some discussion here LDXE was my first choice for DM, but I have already found a member who made an iso with E19 so am testing that now. Also I like the idea of a rolling release and an up to date kernel that is easily changed via synaptic.

 

Fedora 20 on my M11x.