Your favourite (non Ubuntu) distro?

[GarethDW]

Isn't Mint ubuntu based or do I have it wrong?

You have it right.

 

[Mobius 1]

Is it really that easy? Ive had a look at the website and it looks pretty tough!

same here, straight over my head *whoosh*

i tried it with virtual box, but got stuck and gave up, maybe it just doesnt like virtual box or something though...

 

[craptakular]

I think ubuntu is great, opensuse is good too.

I'm currently try Arch and am gonna install it over the bank holiday when I have more time.

Arch is quick but needs a lot of manual Dos style setup. I would start with ubuntu/opensuse then branch out when you know the basics of the linux OS.

 

[gumbald]

Arch Arch Arch

 

[PhilGQ]

Mandriva, give it a go its got better, more like the old Mandrake days

 

[Enfield]

Is it really that easy? Ive had a look at the website and it looks pretty tough!

Look at the beginners guide, I found it to be of some help.

 

[.walls]

Gentoo, then Arch.

Gentoo if you have a fast enough box. Otherwise Arch.

n.b. Gentoo is only good for beginners if you have **** loads of patience and don't mind RTFMing. Also, install it from a Knoppix live cd for extra kudos

EDIT: or install from Arch cd, or Red Hat, etc..

 

[bigredshark]

I had a brief love affair with arch which has somewhat come to an end, I think it's great for a high performance command line box optimized to one thing well. For more general server and workstation use I'll be sticking with Centos (or RHEL for important boxes).

 

[marscay]

arch all day long for bleeding edge desktop distro

freeBSD is a blast also.