What version of Linux do you run?

[GoingUp]

Just curious. What are the advantages of the different versions? I just installed Redhat 9 because I wanted to learn how to use Linux. I really like it so far, but I don't have a clue what I am doing.

 

[chin311]

XP Pro , only version ive ever ran was mandrake 8 ;\

 

[Platypus]

debian

 

[FuzzyBee]

SuSE on one, Debian on another.

Debian is nice for apt. SuSE has apt now, too.

 

[DumbGuy]

still running RedHat 8.0 on my server.

 

[Willoughbyva]

Mandrake 9.1. I tried Redhat 8 for a while, but have been a pretty faithful Mandrake user since Mandrake 7.0. I just like the extra "control center", plus it is really pretty and most things just work, except for my usb scanner which isn't supported in linux at all. Mandrake 9.1 will also read NTFS partitions right out of the gate.

 

[Darkstar757]

Slackware 9.0


Not for newbies but man its so stable!!

 

[beer]

It seems to me we have an 'OPERATING SYSTEMS' FORUM!!!!!

FVCKING USE IT!

 

[n0cmonkey]

2.4.18 is the main one. An older kernel on another system.

 

[Derango]

Distro: Gentoo
Kernel: 2.5.73

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: Elemental007
It seems to me we have an 'OPERATING SYSTEMS' FORUM!!!!!

FVCKING USE IT!

time of the month?

 

[Flatline]

2.4.21

 

[Pepsi90919]

0

 

[thenerdguy]

red hat 7.3 and my own distro and nope you cant have it. and no I havnt named it yet. lindows. lycoris.

 

[brtspears2]

2.4.18-27

 

[Flatline]

thenerdguy

How about NerdIX?

 

[Ynog]

2.4.20-18

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
debian

 

[n0cmonkey]

Main differences between the different versions of Linux:
<2.4 old, deprecated, poorly supported (if at all) at this point, stable, but don't bother
2.4 better SMP support, better networking, IPTables instead of IPChains, stable, good hardware support, probably your best bet.
2.5 development version, probably cleaning up a bunch of stuff and whatnot, probably not up to par on the stability side, don't use it unless you have something to contribute.

I'm not sure why so many people keep listing distributions though...

 

[Flatline]

Isn't 2.6 supposed to be released soon?

 

[Red Dawn]

Mandrake when I use it.

 

[Beau]

Long Live Turbo Linux!

(I run mandrake 9.1, though)

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Flatline
Isn't 2.6 supposed to be released soon?

They said that about 2.4 for what, a year?

 

[megosbsd]

Although it's not linux, I run all my systems on Freebsd.

 

[Flatline]

(chastised and moping) yeah, they said it about 2.4, but, but, but...