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#26 2010-11-04 04:22:56
- tomd123
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Re: Any nifty new distros out there?
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#27 2010-11-04 04:46:13
- sand_man
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Re: Any nifty new distros out there?
Speaking of source based distros, http://www.sourcemage.org/ is one I've been meaning to try. I love all the nerdy fantasy/DnD terminology 
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#28 2010-11-04 13:54:05
- Misfit138
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Re: Any nifty new distros out there?
Besides the nifty Gobo and Haiku, which were mentioned several times, I was impressed with Slitaz last I tried it.
OpenBSD just came out with 4.8, and that's always fun to poke around with. CentOS was also fun and very solid last I messed with it.
As far as recommending something that you could use every day as a real, uncompromising machine, I am stumped.
For that, I can only recommend Arch.
And dhave, when are you coming stateside to raise Black Mouth Curs?
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#29 2010-11-04 13:56:18
- Allan
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Re: Any nifty new distros out there?
What about Debian kFreeBSD?
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#30 2010-11-05 01:30:50
- Ari'osika
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Re: Any nifty new distros out there?
What about LFS? or ReactOS?
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#31 2010-11-05 06:47:41
- sand_man
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Re: Any nifty new distros out there?
What about Debian kFreeBSD?
I was actually wondering if that is a completed project though. I mean, are there enough packages to make it useful unlike HURD?
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#32 2010-11-05 07:55:09
- Allan
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Re: Any nifty new distros out there?
No idea. But as an aside, >60% of Debain packages are available for its Hurd port... That should be enough packages to be useful.
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#33 2010-11-06 18:08:54
- dhave
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Re: Any nifty new distros out there?
Welp, in my off-hours this week I've played with Haiku, FreeBSD and Gobolinux. Fairly fun, but I've still got my socks. I was impressed again with how straightforward and integrated FreeBSD is. Maybe I'll take some other distros and alternative OSes for a spin during the Christmas holidays.
Really, nothing compares to Arch for understated coolness.
@Misfit138: Actually, we're in the States right now looking after my elderly father. It's not an ideal situation for a BMC, though. That dream will probably have to wait for a few more years. There are a few dogs around the neighborhood that I visit, though. Thanks for asking.
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#34 2010-11-06 20:06:51
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Re: Any nifty new distros out there?
Take a look at some distro's from the GNU website: http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html
I'm downloading Trisquel right now, it looks nice! 
If you can't sit by a cozy fire with your code in hand enjoying its simplicity and clarity, it needs more work. --Carlos Torres
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#35 2010-11-07 11:09:22
- syltman
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Re: Any nifty new distros out there?
that looks really cool.
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#36 2010-11-09 22:36:32
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Re: Any nifty new distros out there?
Cdh wrote:that looks really cool.
^^ Second on that.
And Haiku is definitely a cool project to try out. I was a BeOS fan back in the day as well.
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