By now, you’ve heard of Linux. But, have you tried it? If you haven’t, you should give it a try. You might be missing out on something. If not, just do it for educational purposes. Most Linux distros today, come with a trial CD that you can test drive on your system without ever installing Linux in your hard drive.
Here’s a list of Linux distros that is worth a try.
1. Ubuntu – it’s by far the most popular Linux distribution in the planet. Tons of people use it. There’s good reason why it’s popular. It’s relatively easy to use. It has a solid and stable distribution with a vibrant user community to boot. Ubuntu release cycle is one reason why this distro is committed to innovation.
2. Fedora – You’ve heard of Redhat. Fedora is Redhat’s cousin or brother. In any case, the distro has come a long way since its inception. If you want to learn about Redhat, Fedora is a great stepping stone. Fedora is a distro you want, if you want to learn about RPM packaging.
3. OpenSuse – If you want a polished desktop environment in both and KDE environment, you should try OpenSuse. It consistently receives high marks in its desktop environments. Yast is an excellent graphical system administration utility that’s worth a look.
There are hundreds of distros worth mentioning. Debian, Mandriva, Slackware, Gentoo and CentOS comes to mind.
Finally, here’s a list of the top 10 distributions from Distrowatch.com.
F-DNC.
If you were one of my wifes students thats the mark you would get for this incomplete post.
its about the level of a Tweet.
No, I was never a student of how to be a blog gestapo.
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