Linux distro war

I'm using SuSe in my office. At home, I installed Redhat 9 years ago. Another is the Linux on one CD, Knnopix, I do like it. About 6 years ago I used Mandrake for several time. Above, Suse is more sophistacted one for office useage. I do not know so much about it, since I'm not the administrator.

I have an unfinished Debian Sarge install on my home PC. I've installed Ubuntu but the no-brainer install also limits customization options. I can't even make the default OS WinXP, which is necessary since I'm not the only one using it at home.

I currently use Mandriva distribution and I have tried Knoppix live, Slackware Fedora and Red Hat. I use Mandriva because is easy and fast to install, easy to use and it supports rpm packages to install new software, also in automatic way thanks to the rpm package manager. I haven't tried Opensuse and Ubuntu so I can't say anything about that.

I' using Kubuntu distro and i am very happy, is very easy to use, there are lot tutorial "how to" and is supported by lot of developers team!

Right now I'm using Ubuntu, but I am open to try some other distributions, and will try them in the near future, since it's the summertime, and I have all the time in the world.

I've been using Ubuntu for almost two years (maybe a little more than a year and a half, and have not had any real negative experiences with it. Before that, I used SimplyMepis. Before that, Windows. However, I'm not terribly picky and my Linux needs differ a bit from your average Linux user's needs - I'm a stay-at-home mom with no programming background, I use it entirely for entertainment (certainly don't need it for work), and I'm kind of a desktop environment junkie (I got started screwing around with pretty, alternative GUIs when I was a teen using Windows, and fell in love with Litestep, BB4win, and Windowblines). As long as my distro is easy to install, and is easy to get completely functional within less than a day (including the ability to play proprietary video/audio formats and streaming web content), I'm happy. I've also got a soft spot for Slax. Slax has booted on every machine I've tried it with. I have a few friends that I've had to boot into Slax due to broken Windows installations. Great little distro to rescue stuff with.:)

i've used plenty over the years i've been trying linux. right now i'm using vista... i NEED my games! :p but as for the distro, i like ubuntu at the min. I like the way it feels more solid than some of the old distros. having said that my fav all time distro i've used has to be arch. http://www.archlinux.org/ i really recommend giving it a try. the base package installs from a server and u pick each package u want. every thing is customisable pretty much. its how i learned how to really use linux.

I am using Ubuntu for quite some time now already on my laptop, although it has not always been without problems. In general though solving problems is quite easy though if you aren't afraid to dive into the command-line. But I must say it is all from as user friendly as it tries to be. I definitely doubt my granny would be able to use it ;).

I prefer Ubuntu because it is easy to install, has a huge software repository, strong user/community support in the web.