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chicha

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From: France

Registered: 2007-04-20

Posts: 271

Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

Hello all,

I discovered (from a blog) a web site which has implemented a "Linux Distribution Chooser".
You answer a few questions and the site give you a list of Linux distributions that could suite your needs.

I answered the questions seriously, thinking it will redirect me to Debian or Ubuntu.
Guess what ?

It adviced me to use

1- Arch Linux
2- Gentoo Linux
3- Slackware.

:-)

It must be a good site !

And you, what is the distribution you should use ?

http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/

dolby

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From: 1992

Registered: 2006-08-08

Posts: 1,581

Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

thats hardly an arch discussion but more of an opffopic topic.
btw the results on this site are always identical. plus it doesnt know that arch has binary repos (an application database or what it calls it)

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ralvez

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From: Canada

Registered: 2005-12-06

Posts: 1,730

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Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

Interesting. I took the test and got the same results as you, chicha.
It can be a positive contribution for those "lost" in the vast expansion of linux distros. In my case it gave me a warning that none of these distros have libraries, but that's not the case (at list with Arch and Slack), so I'm not sure what that meant but other than that I think is good.

Thanks.

R

ruscook

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From: Sydney Australia

Registered: 2007-08-27

Posts: 105

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Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

hmmm I got
Debian
Open Suse
Ubuntu
and Fedora.

I guess I focussed on stability and lots of prepackaged apps too much in my response

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hussam

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Registered: 2006-03-26

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Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

I got:
Gentoo
ArchLinux
Slackware

onearm

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From: Anywhere but here

Registered: 2006-07-06

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Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

My results were: 1.Slackware, 2.Gentoo (which makes me wonder why didn't Arch showed up too?)

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eyolf

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From: Copenhagen

Registered: 2005-11-29

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Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

I've tried it several times at different points, and the results have always been either 1. Arch, 2. Gentoo, 3. Slack or 1. Gentoo, 2. Arch, 3. Slack. I don't know what kind of answers one would have to come up with to end up as a -buntuite.

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

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Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

I've tried it several times at different points, and the results have always been either 1. Arch, 2. Gentoo, 3. Slack or 1. Gentoo, 2. Arch, 3. Slack. I don't know what kind of answers one would have to come up with to end up as a -buntuite.

Mine came up with ubuntu and fedora too. Odd.

James

Husio

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From: Europe

Registered: 2005-12-04

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Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

My results were: 1.Slackware, 2.Gentoo (which makes me wonder why didn't Arch showed up too?)

same here, but with 1.Gentoo and 2.Slackware ...no arch? 0o

Cogar

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Registered: 2007-07-22

Posts: 43

Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

My response was: "Sorry, we were not able to find any matches. Please check back later."

I guess I am supposed to be using Windows.

normc

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From: Ottawa, Canada

Registered: 2004-06-28

Posts: 277

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Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

I got slackware (the distro I was using before arch)
arch

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skottish

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Registered: 2006-06-16

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Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

My results were: 1.Slackware, 2.Gentoo (which makes me wonder why didn't Arch showed up too?)

same here, but with 1.Gentoo and 2.Slackware ...no arch? 0o

Yup. I even tried to force it to give me Arch, and it won't do it. The site is defective.

Last edited by skottish (2007-09-17 02:13:45)

Echo

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From: Ohio, United States

Registered: 2006-05-16

Posts: 239

Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

I ended up with:

1-- Gentoo (which I used for a year or two before Arch)
2-- Slackware

madeye

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2006-07-19

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Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

I was told to use

1. Gentoo
2. Slackware
3. Zenwalk

No arch for me

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Pierre

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From: Bonn

Registered: 2004-07-05

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Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

It advices me to use Gentoo or Slackware. OK, it was a godd time with arch. Good bye!

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eyolf

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Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

Mine came up with ubuntu and fedora too. Odd.
James

This is serious. If a developer is advised to use Ubuntu... no, I won't complete that thought.

jean-paul

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-03-26

Posts: 61

Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

1.) Arch
2.) Slackware
3.) Gentoo

Well, I'm sort of glad. 

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Anonymo

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Registered: 2005-04-07

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Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

1.  Slackware
2.  Gentoo

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

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Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

Gives me Arch first, Gentoo second. Frankly I would prefer Slackware to Gentoo - it's dependable and very fast even if it isn't always up to date, whereas compile times on Gentoo are completely prohibitive even on very fast machines.

(Then again, I've heard that Gentoo now offers binary packages for a lot of things. Maybe I should try it again on a separate partition... Though it does still use SysV initscripts, so it could be an excercise in frustration.)

BTW is it just me or does the quiz have a strange concept of what constitutes "expert"? Arch isn't newbie-friendly, but it doesn't require expert-level knowledge of how the OS works.

aythun

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Registered: 2007-05-04

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Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

1. Kubuntu
2. Debian
3. Slackware
4. Gentoo
5. Ark Linux

Heh. Ark. Interesting.

ssl6

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From: Ottawa, ON, CA

Registered: 2007-08-30

Posts: 594

Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

i got 

1 mandriva,
2 suse
3 kubuntu
4 ubuntu
5 fedora

must take me for a linux idiot or something if it recommended me mandriva. it might be right though.....im not exactly a power user when it comes to linux....i do work for MS afterall

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iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

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Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

Hmm... Ubuntu, Fedora, debian, openSuSE

superkevjr

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Registered: 2007-08-15

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Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

1. Slackware
2. Gentoo

Roberth

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From: The Pale Blue Dot

Registered: 2007-01-12

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Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

hmmm I get slackware and gentoo here to, but I know these distributions do not fit me, why don't I get Arch?:(

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ezzetabi

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Registered: 2006-08-27

Posts: 947

Re: Linux Distribution Chooser Web site

If the question is what I should use the answer is, of course, Arch Linux.

If the question is that zegenie studios' think I should use the answer is Kubuntu, Debian or OpenSuSE...
I feel almost offended... :S