Do you prefer Gnome or KDE? If you mostly like Ubuntu - and KDE, Mepis is worth a look.
Lance Jamie Dobbs wrote:
This is not meant to cause a distro-war, I mearly want some opinions on the pros and cons of various Linux distributions. I have been a keen Gentoo user to this point but find that I am tiring if the time it takes to actually get software installed. The options I am considering for my new "disro of choice" are: Fedora Core 4 - From the quick look I have had at it looks pretty good, just not too sure of package availability for it or package mangement tools. SUSE 9.3 - I downloaded the net installer but don't seem to be able to get the install to work, cannot find a DVD image of this to try. Again my worries are package availability and mangement. Ubuntu - Have tried this in the past and found is pretty good but there was just "something" about it that but me off, I'm not sure what it was as package management is pretty good (apt-get) and sources appear to be pretty up to date. I think in all honesty it was just the default 'look' that put me off, brown is not the most interesting nor restful colour to look at on a computer screen. Main uses of the PC are: Web browsing (Firefox) Email (Thunderbird) Office app (OpenOffice or perhaps KOffice) FTP Client (open to recommendations of a good graphical FTP Client) MP3 playing (XMMS) CD ripping to MP3 (Still trying to find a good one here, GRIP is OK) DIVX Creation from DVD media that I own (DVDrip? Is there anything else) Media playback of the above & other media such as MPG, WMV etc. (MPlayer + WinCodecs) A few games (RPG/Rogue style, MAME and puzzle type games) I would welcome peoples real experiences with these ditro's, my related concerns and the applications I want. I would still one day love to not have to boot back in to Windows to do things I cannot find equivalents of in Linux. Cheers Jamie
