On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:29 AM, Jorge Vargas<jorge.var...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Antony Jepson<anton...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm not sure if this has been asked before (although I did do a quick >> search of <d...@suckless.org>) but what distributions do you guys use on >> a daily basis? I recently built a new computer and I'm looking for a >> good OS to install on there. >> >> I've been eyeing Crux lately but maybe Gentoo would be a better choice? >> If it makes a difference, I currently use Arch. >> >> Comments or suggestions for a (quality|suckless|KISS) distribution >> (doesn't matter if *BSD or *NIX) would be appreciated. I read about >> pancake's distribution [1] and it definitely sounds interesting. >> > I totally agree with Anselm I'm using ubuntu for the desktop, because > it *just works*
Hah! If only, last I tried to use ubuntu had to waste almost a whole day trying to get ACPI to work on my thinkpad, I got so feed up with it that I installed Windows XP. > I don't agree with most of it's design decision and I > totally disagree with the "code for the idiots" but oh well. At this > point in time it doesn't gets in my way and I'm happy with that. > > I have to totally agree with the Gentoo is not for racers part. In > fact for servers if I ever manage a server again. I'll probably run > gentoo on it. Mainly becuase > 1- you install only what you want > 2- you build from source (this is good! for security) > 3- SELinux is really good in gentoo. SELinux is stupid and pointless, and anyone using it is a masochist at best. uriel > 4- Going to dev versions of needed (for patches for example) doesn't > means you need to wait 6 months for it. > >> -- >> Sincerely, >> >> Antony Jepson / <anton...@gmail.com> / GPG Key: 0xFA10ED80 >> > >
