Linux

[ZachO]

To sum up this great package in a few words.......flexible, portable, customizable, and responsive. I recently started with linux (Ubuntu 9.04 then 9.10) and I love how flexible and responsive it is. It really is a good developer platform(from my point of view) but there aren't a huge amount of developers for it. With the different packages that you can install you can build it for any purpose. I would like to know your opinion on Linux but sum it up in lets say 10 words or less.
(any distro)

Peace,
Zach

[K-Bal]

There IS a huge amount of developers that develop for Linux.

[ZachO]

There IS a huge amount of developers that develop for Linux.

I'm saying compared to windows or mac(mainstream I mean but there are a lot of independent developers and there is a large community )

[K-Bal]

There IS a huge amount of developers that develop for Linux.

I'm saying compared to windows or mac(mainstream I mean but there are a lot of independent developers and there is a large community )

Hmm, I don't know facts but I guess it depends which target group you take into account But you are right i.e. in regard to games.

[dandymcgee]

There IS a huge amount of developers that develop for Linux.

That was 11. Personally, I love playing with *nix.

[Ginto8]

Linux on a flash drive is awesome.

And Ubuntu is only the beginning. Eventually you'll find that it's far too restrictive for you. Then you start to really have fun.

[ZachO]

And Ubuntu is only the beginning. Eventually you'll find that it's far too restrictive for you. Then you start to really have fun.

Yea I'm gonna throw Debian onto my desktop and I might slap Ubuntu onto my other laptop and throw it on ebay.

[LeonBlade]

Ubuntu is still a full package when it comes to being a Linux OS.
It's just made a lot more simpler for the average user.
Being a Debian based distro, it would be more powerful to run straight Debian of course, but you get what I mean.

I love GNOME, prefer it much more than KDE and a few other desktop environments however I can't say I've used many.

Normally I spend all my computer time on my Mac, but my Laptop dual-boots Ubuntu 9.10 and Windows 7(don't ask me why ).
I always use Ubuntu when I boot up my laptop whenever I use that.

[ismetteren]

I am a linux user too(Ubuntu). The only thing bugging me alittle is the directory structure, some apps seem to need to have all the files in ONE folder(that would be including my apps, since i have no idea about how the files should be scattered around the system) and those programs has to be installed in unlogical places, like the home folder.
It also seem like the structure is optimized for having a server, and a lot of terminals, instead of just one computer.

But thats my only complaint, and maybe i will begin to appreciate this structure, when i get the logical reasoning behind it(wich is assume exists). Other than that Ubunte totally rocks!

[K-Bal]

You get used to the filesystem. It's actually pretty straight forward.

[ZachO]

dose anyone have Debian experience? Is it worth the 7 disk install?(or 5, can't remember)

[K-Bal]

dose anyone have Debian experience? Is it worth the 7 disk install?(or 5, can't remember)

I have just one disk in my closet However, I think Ubuntu is better suited for you.

[ismetteren]

dose anyone have Debian experience? Is it worth the 7 disk install?(or 5, can't remember)

I have just one disk in my closet However, I think Ubuntu is better suited for you.

Atleast it fits into a 70min CD-ROM :D

[davidthefat]

What I do not like about ubuntu is it's memory hoggage, I got a 6-7 year old comp and it has like 700 mb of ram... Cant run more than 2 applications at a time... May be I just got the settings wrong

[Ginto8]

What I do not like about ubuntu is it's memory hoggage, I got a 6-7 year old comp and it has like 700 mb of ram... Cant run more than 2 applications at a time... May be I just got the settings wrong

Well, ubuntu isn't a very high-performance variety of linux. For example, puppy linux is actually really good for low-RAM computers.