Bruno Posted May 16, 2005 Posted May 16, 2005 LOL . . . no matter what I try ( 3 times ) . . and clearly state I want RPM . . . it keeps coming up with Mepis ( and Mepis does not use rpm ) . . . Bruno Quote
BarryB Posted May 16, 2005 Posted May 16, 2005 LOL...it keep giving me the distros I already have...does that mean I picked correctly ? ..........Quint...did it run out of room for your list... Quote
Bruno Posted May 16, 2005 Posted May 16, 2005 LOL . . this time I did everything to avoid Mepis as result . . . no one click installation, rpm, no live cd, development packages, etc . . . . and still I get Mepis . . . . What is wrong with this quiz ??Also I tell them it does NOT have to be free . . . . . and it disqualifies Madriva because "only the demo is free" . . . . . . I Guess there is no way to get Mandriva as result Bruno Quote
jaquoval Posted May 16, 2005 Posted May 16, 2005 LOL - no matter what options I choose, it refuses to give me Slack or one of it's offshoots.Must know something... Quote
Bruno Posted May 16, 2005 Posted May 16, 2005 Here is another distro-chooser:http://eedok.voidofmind.com/linux/chooser.htmlLess pretty . . . but MORE honnest Bruno Based on these results we recommend you to try(if you haven't tried it yet):DebianOther tries brought up Mandriva and LFS . . . . So 3 times bingo, see there is a good chooser Quote
BarryB Posted May 16, 2005 Posted May 16, 2005 I like My distro chooser... ...Go to distro watch..and go hmmm.....what shall I download and install today... (yes t's less scientific, but then again...that's half the fun :w00t:Plus I get stuck on the "Is your equipment Older or Newer" ...isn't there a both choice.... ...or just Yes..Yes it is..older and newer... :lol:But..the first one said....Mepis and Suse2nd one SuSe and Mandriva...hmmmm... Quote
ross549 Posted May 16, 2005 Posted May 16, 2005 Well, the first one gives me PCLos for my laptop.... right on the money. Quote
teacher Posted May 16, 2005 Posted May 16, 2005 Hmmm. The first one said Gentoo and Slack. The second one said Debian. Runhners up were Knoppix (which I do not like) and Gentoo! Hmmm. Interesting. I guess I should look at Debian??? Quote
Guest LilBambi Posted May 16, 2005 Posted May 16, 2005 First time I did it, I said KDE, it said Mephis and SuSE, so I did it again to be any desktop environment and it gave me Mephis and Fedora. It also mentioned Mandriva, however, I said it had to be free, so it said that Mandriva only had a liveCD as free.Then I tried the one Bruno noted and here's the results:here's how the distributions in the database match up to your choices:Distro name Match %Ubuntu 6/11: 54%Mandriva 9/11: 81%Fedora 10/11: 90%MEPIS 6/11: 54%SuSe 9/11: 81%Debian 8/11: 72%Knoppix 7/11: 63%Gentoo 5/11: 45%Slackware 8/11: 72%D*** Small 6/11: 54%Arch 5/11: 45%Vector 7/11: 63%Beatrix 6/11: 54%Ark 7/11: 63%LFS 6/11: 54%EvilEntity 5/11: 45%Note Fedora's got the highest percentage there ... and it's what I use. They were fun ... thanks quint and Bruno! :' /> Quote
securitybreach Posted May 16, 2005 Posted May 16, 2005 (edited) I took it twice and each time it said Gentoo and Slackware. Which was right on point.I already run Slack (well now a Slack-based Vector 5).I cant wait till Gentoo has their installer up and running . I tried installing Gentoo through the universal installation, but I couldnt get the installation started. Oh well I guess it will be a slack-based distro till gentoo matures. Thanx Edited May 16, 2005 by securitybreach Quote
teacher Posted May 16, 2005 Posted May 16, 2005 I don't know about Gentoo maturing. It is doing pretty well now. However, my reinstall has been held up with missing files on the kernel compilation. I burned a new disk and will try again in a few days hopefully.* Gentoo install discussion continued Here Quote
havnblast Posted May 17, 2005 Posted May 17, 2005 Well how about that I gotGentoo, which is the main machineSlackware, which is my serverI love them both too and have had them the longest Quote
mvent2 Posted May 17, 2005 Posted May 17, 2005 (edited) Here is another distro-chooser:http://eedok.voidofmind.com/linux/chooser.htmlLess pretty . . . but MORE honnest ;) BrunoOther tries brought up Mandriva and LFS . . . . So 3 times bingo, see there is a good chooser <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Your chooser is good Bruno, it gave me Mandriva which is just what I wanted, though I specifically requested one for an older computer, that is if Mandriva can run on an older computer. o:)Then I took Quint's:Sorry, we were not able to find any matches. Please come back later. Edited May 17, 2005 by mvent2 Quote
mhbell Posted July 8, 2005 Posted July 8, 2005 I took the one that Zox posted and it came up with Debian and I use Suse and XP Pro. Mel Quote
darkstar Posted July 9, 2005 Posted July 9, 2005 I took both of them and they both said I should be using Debian. Good thing I am using Debian I guess. Quote
securitybreach Posted July 10, 2005 Posted July 10, 2005 I took both of them and they both said I should be using Debian. Good thing I am using Debian I guess. :'( Well they all say Gentoo. So I guess I will eventually install gentoo. I see the installer is not finished yet, and I have problems everytime I try the installation. I figure in a day or two I will attempt it again. Its funny how you can do something at different times and get different results. Does anyone know a good Gentoo installation howto that is not 10 pages? Thanx Quote
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