Linux:
OpenSuSe: My prefered distro.
I have been using it for several years. Combined server and
desktop distro, OpenSuSe is very robust and not a good distro
for a beginner or those faint of heart.
OpenSuSe
Official Web Site Novell Linux.
SuSe -
Novell official page.
Ubuntu:
When I was first introduced to Ubuntu several years ago I was
not very impressed. About a year ago I started playing with it
again and was impressed by the good out of box experience it
offered. I am not overly impressed with the newer versions
11.04 and 11.10 and the Unity desktop. I do recommend using
10.04 and 10.10. If you use 11.xx I suggest that you use the
classic gnome desktop. I also like the Lubuntu variant of Ubuntu. It
works great on older machines. Ubuntu is a great intro distro
for newbies.
Ubuntu
Software Picks
Hacks
Linux Mint:
I give credit for me a switching to Mint to my friend John. John
followed my lead in Linux distros for years I now follow his.
I became irritated at the way the new builds of Ubuntu acted,
I am not really a great fan of Unity and and found it hard to
make the new Ubuntu work the way I wanted. John had been
suggesting Mint for a long time. So one day i decided to try
it. After installing it I wanted to see if it recognized my
Kworld TV USB stick as Ubuntu never could. So I plugged it in
and installed Me-TV with some of the ATSC utilities and wham
it was working in just a few minutes. Johns comments on my
experience ->
actingman words of wisdom.
Linux Mint
Hacks
LinuxOutlaws:
I was introduced to this podcasts (and it's cool host Dan and
Fab) by Peter Cannon after meeting him in the opensuse.us
forums (now dead). This is my favorite Linux/OpenSource
podcast. FYI Peter now cohosts his own real cool Linux based
podcasts @ tdtrs.
I had the extreme pleasure meeting IRL Peter, Dan and Fab at
the August 2011 Oggcamp11
at The
Maltings, in Farnham,
Surry
the U.K. I also met a crap load of other cool
peops. (one of these day I will drop some journal entries here
about oggcamp).
Linux
Outlaws
#!:
Otherwise known as CrunchBang Linux. After going going to
Oggcamp11 and meeting the creator of #! Philip
Newborough and his cool family I needed to try #!. My
personal review of #!, is it is very stable and
excellent for older machines, and has a really cool install
and post install setup. Philip is a really great coder.
