[ale] Recommendations for my next distro?

[Horkan Smith]

Primary os for servers = Debian stable
Primary desktop for work = Debian stable
Personal desktop vm = Arch
Dev workstations = Ubuntu server LTS, older SuSE
laptop partitions = Debian stable, Ubuntu desktop LTS, Arch, Fedora, Win 8.1

I think I've spent too much time looking around.... 8-}

I used Debian stable for everything for a long time, but towards the end of a release cycle (when stable really => stale), I needed some newer apps on the desktop and for some dev work.

I tend to use either console, fvwm or lxde, so my biggest challenge for the more desktop oriented distros is figuring out how to cleanly turn off or switch desktop environments; plus just a cheat sheet for their package management tool.  My actual day-to-day management/use seems similar reguardless of the distro - maybe I'm just used to the lowest common denominator?  9-)


later!
   horkan


On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 12:19:03AM +0000, Edward James Monson, II wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> 
> I've been using various flavors of Ubuntu for about 5 years, and I'm ready to try something new. I'm fairly comfortable with the command line. I'm curious what distributions people on this list use, and how they rate in difficulty compared to Ubuntu. I'd also prefer to use something a lot of other people use so I have more people I can run to for help. :)
> 
> 
> Thanks, and nice to meet you,
> 
> 
> Edward

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