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What linux distro are you running?

Lately, I've seen more linux questions come up and people seem to want know what version of Linux they should use. So, I thought a poll would give people a good idea what others here are running and what they have to say about it. Please vote and comment if you'd like.
Currently, I'm running Ubuntu -- but will make the switch over the weekend to either Fedora or OpenSUSE, pending on the feedback that comes from this thread.

pseudoremora said:
Lately, I've seen more linux questions come up and people seem to want know what version of Linux they should use. So, I thought a poll would give people a good idea what others here are running and what they have to say about it. Please vote and comment if you'd like.
Currently, I'm running Ubuntu -- but will make the switch over the weekend to either Fedora or OpenSUSE, pending on the feedback that comes from this thread.
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Ubuntu here

Ubuntu 10.04 on my EEEpc and android in my blood

I was already expecting Ubuntu to be the clear winner -- but I'm hoping that it doesn't become a huge land slide win, lol.
I want to install something other than Ubuntu; so people's comment/feedback are very much welcome. Please, do share your opinions and experiences.

I have Ubuntu installed in VMWare Fusion, but that is for a class. I try to never touch the stuff.

pseudoremora said:
I was already expecting Ubuntu to be the clear winner -- but I'm hoping that it doesn't become a huge land slide win, lol.
I want to install something other than Ubuntu; so people's comment/feedback are very much welcome. Please, do share your opinions and experiences.
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If you want to move from ubuntu, but are in love with it's binary packaging manager, you will love arch linux.
If you're a guy who loves to do everything from source, then gentoo is for you.
If you want a very stable system, and also all the tools needed for programming and making packages for yourself, slackware is for you.
If you are a total noob, ubuntu is the choice for you
I personally use gentoo most of the time.

darchstar said:
If you want to move from ubuntu, but are in love with it's binary packaging manager, you will love arch linux.
If you're a guy who loves to do everything from source, then gentoo is for you.
If you want a very stable system, and also all the tools needed for programming and making packages for yourself, slackware is for you.
If you are a total noob, ubuntu is the choice for you
I personally use gentoo most of the time.
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Hahahaha, thanks for the answers. I'm not a newcomer to linux, been using it for a while now, but just thought I'd get an idea as to what people were using. Arch Linux sounds interesting, but so does gentoo and slackware -- looks like I'lll be testing heavily over the weekend!

Where's the Linux Mint love??? Haha that's my distro of choice, but its built from Ubuntu so I guess I should vote for that...

Just loaded my first linux OS and so far it is great. I will be out of windows if everything keeps goes this smooth.
I have to get a couple windows programs to run under linux and if I can I will dump windows all together.
I am running Linux Mint and loving it so far.

zippy-man said:
Just loaded my first linux OS and so far it is great. I will be out of windows if everything keeps goes this smooth.
I have to get a couple windows programs to run under linux and if I can I will dump windows all together.
I am running Linux Mint and loving it so far.
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You're in luck my friend, I shall point you in the right direction:
WINE
2 votes for Linux Mint huh? Interesting.

Linux Mint is the best for me by far.
It's based off Ubuntu but made a lot nicer.
<3

How easy is Slackware to use?
edit: If you like Ubuntu, you can check out Debian. Ubuntu is the dummy version of Debian.
Linux has really grown since the 90's, almost all the widely known distro's are loved, and supported when it comes to say programming.
Just their are certain perks, like Gentoo uses a BSD based package installer called portage, and other stuff. I think it really just depends on what you are looking for, I'm personally looking into Arch Linux and Mint, but if I'm not happy, there's always Ubuntu for me

Backtrack !!!

kniteshift said:
How easy is Slackware to use?
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It's easy to set up and install, becuz is follows the KISS standard, but everything after that, you really need to know linux well to do, such as getting 3rd party packages, though people have been trying to make that easier with slapt-get and other overlays to the default package manager.

kniteshift said:
How easy is Slackware to use?
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Slackware was developed by Linus Torvalds (Linux creator). It's the oldest Linux distro around and its more "Unix-like" based. Slackware is considered one of the cleanest and least buggy distributions available today. For more information, you can go here -- it'll give you the Top 10 distro's.:
http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major

linkinx64 said:
Backtrack !!!
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Yay Backtrack and Auditor!!!
I have an Ubuntu box, but run LOTS of linux distros as live CD's when the need arises, such as Backtrack and Auditor. I also like PCLinuxOS and the Games for Linux live dvd's. Last time I checked, there were two of them.
But my favorite Linux-based OS has got to be Android

Guess who voted Slack pseudo lol.
There is only one.

pseudoremora said:
You're in luck my friend, I shall point you in the right direction:
WINE
2 votes for Linux Mint huh? Interesting.
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Thanks i loaded that up a couple days ago pretty cool.
Wine is emulating most of the windows programs i need but a couple will still crash etc. I am working on it trying to learn but so far it is going good

+1 for Mint.

Dual boot Arch and Ubuntu, but have not booted Ubuntu in quite a while.

Ubuntu or Windows 7

Which one do your prefer & why?
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Mac OSX. Why? Because i have a Macbook Pro and it comes with Mac... ;D

Windows.
it runs OSX, and UBUNTU lololo

xriderx66 said:
Windows.
it runs OSX, and UBUNTU lololo
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What are you talking about?

OS X. Why? Because even if it wasn't "ment" to run on my pc, it still does. Plus windows just sucks.
All nonsense and misspelled words courtesy of my unsupported samsung device.

I believe he ment he had a non apple pc and he probably hackintoshed it.
All nonsense and misspelled words courtesy of my unsupported samsung device.

why not both, i used to run win 7 and kubuntu (ubuntu with kde) for a while, ive since reverted back to win 7 after i effed up the linux partition. If you are a gamer like me you must have win7, other wise if you just want something simple ubuntu.

I have a laptop running the latest unbuntu because windows became so corrupted that it wouldn't install and the cd drive does not work. I know i can dual boot unbuntu with windows installed can I do the same if unbuntu is the primary OS? If so how? I would be installing from usb.

I love Arch Linux, but Ubuntu between your choices.
It's smooth, customizable, fast, and I love linux

Both suck. I used to use Ubuntu before 11.04 came along and introduced that blasted Unity shell. Now I'm using Fedora 15 and I love it. I still have Windows 7 on dual boot, but I rarely ever use it unless I have to.

audifanatic518 said:
Both suck. I used to use Ubuntu before 11.04 came along and introduced that blasted Unity shell. Now I'm using Fedora 15 and I love it. I still have Windows 7 on dual boot, but I rarely ever use it unless I have to.
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You can use gnome as default, just log out and pick gnome as your session. Unity isn't required.

r6kid said:
OS X. Why? Because even if it wasn't "ment" to run on my pc, it still does. Plus windows just sucks.
All nonsense and misspelled words courtesy of my unsupported samsung device.
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That would be spelled "meant" it must be the phone....
I'll take a shot at personal taste though, I actually like both, I dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 7 custom (my own set up of Windows 7) because if your into anything that involves development on anything you want the best with the most support. Ubuntu's community is unmatched and if your going to help others you need to be able to be flexible and know what your talking about when it comes time too.
If your going to be involved you need both no matter how you cut it, have the best of both and work with it as others will expect nothing less.

i dual boot win7 and ubuntu at home and use fedora and win7 at work.
i tend to prefer linux because i like the virtual desktops to minimize distractions, and writing code is much better in linux. but i need win7 for games, netflix, visual studio, etc. what i dislike about linux is the amount of maintenance it requires. every time i update the kernel on my home machine it kills my ati drivers and is generally a pita. sometimes when i go to work on something in linux i find myself spending half an hour or more on os maintenance. and unity is crap, gnome3 for ubuntu is crap, so i'm still booting to 'classic' in 11.04.

windows 7 is great i havent used ubuntu or linux in a while and i think im going to start to maybe today

Both.
Though I am forced to use Windows since my graphic tablet does not work that well on Ubuntu.
I hate windows, though.
And Macs are far too expensive just to do the same blasted crap as a normal PC... WITHOUT AS MANY GAMES.

[Q] Help with repo/git, and Linux distro

While I've used svn in the past to follow projects that had real slow release times, I've never used git. Every git project in the past I needed to use posted a daily tarbell.
With Quarx getting his Bravo soon, I'd like to get setup to help him however I can and learn something in the process. And I don't think I'm alone here with that thought.
I'm trying to sync with Quarx's Bravo repo but I'm unsure how. I followed the steps posted there, but it started syncing with EVERY CM7 repo. Is that normal?
I'm using Aptosid Linux currently (Debian Sid based) but I'm going to distro hop soon (I usuallly do every six months or so) to Siduction. I use the Liquorix kernel, and the Siduction devs actually try to work with Damentz and semi-support his kernel.
So what's a good Linux disto for Android development? I here that its Ubuntu. I'd perfer a Debian-based distro (which Ubuntu is), but would rather use whatever is BEST to get the job done.
Many thanks in advance.

Found a Good Tutorial
Check this out if you're interested in wanting to use Linux\Repo\Git.
Funny thing is, about 2 years ago, went from Ubuntu to Mint to Mint Debian to Debian to Aptosid and now back to Mint....Btw, Mint is very easy to use and learn. My Mom uses Mint on her laptop ever since Win Vista corrupted her hard drive. Luckly, I was able to use Gparted, partition around the bad sectors, and set up Mint. If my Mom can use it, so can any of you.....
What sucks is I managed to pull the Kobe Git, but now Sid's libraries are too up to date and giving me build dependency version errors when compiling the rom. Gonna switch back to Mint this evening and try again. Aptosid's been acting funny the past month anyways....and Mint is a DAMN GOOD Linux to use and easy for Linux noobs to install and use. Plus its based on Ubuntu, one of the most popular Linux Distros with a helpful community.
If you have the room to spare, I highly recommend trying Mint out. If you don't play games on your computer or use Windows only programs, I extremely recommend just switching to Linux. IMHO, Linux runs better, smoother, safer, and you KNOW what's really going on behind the scenes.

[Q] Development in VM?

So, I just had to wipe my laptop. Clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium. Was wondering, now that I'm running with a clean slate, should I run a Linux VM for my Nexus 7 development? Would that be conducive to a better, more comprehensive development environment? Would I be better off just using ADB and Eclipse in Windows? If a Linux VM is preferable, is there a particular distro that is preferable? I've heard most of the dev tools are made with Ubuntu in mind, but I want to make absolutely sure of this before I make the jump to dev in Linux. Another solution which is less preferable, all things considered due to the repartitioning involved, but probably better in the way of integration with hardware, would be to set up a dual boot with Win7/Linux...what do you all think?
tl/dr; wiped my hard drive, I want to know what works best for development.

ikoniq said:
So, I just had to wipe my laptop. Clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium. Was wondering, now that I'm running with a clean slate, should I run a Linux VM for my Nexus 7 development? Would that be conducive to a better, more comprehensive development environment? Would I be better off just using ADB and Eclipse in Windows? If a Linux VM is preferable, is there a particular distro that is preferable? I've heard most of the dev tools are made with Ubuntu in mind, but I want to make absolutely sure of this before I make the jump to dev in Linux. Another solution which is less preferable, all things considered due to the repartitioning involved, but probably better in the way of integration with hardware, would be to set up a dual boot with Win7/Linux...what do you all think?
tl/dr; wiped my hard drive, I want to know what works best for development.
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If you're serious about development, I really recommend dual booting. If you just want to try it out then use a VM and then if you don't like it just delete the VM.
For the Linux distro I recommend Ubuntu or Linux Mint. They're both very easy to use.
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veeman said:
If you're serious about development, I really recommend dual booting. If you just want to try it out then use a VM and then if you don't like it just delete the VM.
For the Linux distro I recommend Ubuntu or Linux Mint. They're both very easy to use.
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Thanks. I just like...I've wanted to get into dev for a while, and I just couldn't stand the workarounds and **** required for Android development in Windows. I know to build Android you have to be running Linux, and many of the guides are written taking a standard install of Ubuntu into consideration. I'll probably just start out with apps since most of my experience is in Java, maybe once I sharpen my skills with C I'll start into working on ROM mods and stuff. All I have to say is thank FSM for the AOSP.

I run VMware on Vista 64 (well I like vista) and I have a variety of Linux systems defined. Android, Rails, Reprap, etc. All Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
This works well for me. Android on native Windows was unusable.
And I really like Eclipse for an IDE.
Works well with the Android SDK and NDK.
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Question for coders and developers about build environment

I have wanted to build for and wanted info on building environment. Like what do you use to build with a full Linux box or in virtual box on windows. Also what distro do you run. I heard years ago Ubuntu could give you errors that arch wouldn't.
Thank you in advance!

Sounds like you're new this, so I'd recommend Ubuntu.
Personally, I don't like Ubuntu's desktop environment (Unity) so I opted for Kubuntu instead (Ubuntu with KDE)
KDE often gets a bad reputation for being unstable, and while there's some truth to that, I like it. It's easy to customize and get used to. If you choose Kubuntu, I'd go with the 16.04 release though, it's more stable than 16.10.
I can't think of anything that being on Ubuntu has limited me for. For me, Unity feels kind of restricting in terms of UI, but Ubuntu has full Linux functionality.
Ubuntu is probably the most mainstream Linux distro, and therefore the most noob-friendly. You're more likely to find tutorials for Ubuntu; if you go with Arch you'll have to figure a lot of things out yourself.
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