Quote :

"This script is not guaranteed to get you your perfect penguin, but it may help with a place to start looking. This is a project I did for fun to give back to the community, if you like what you see, or want to make any other comments feel free to e-mail me mr.eedok@gmail.com"

http://eedok.voidofmind.com/linux/chooser.html

2/15/2006 10:34:21 AM

Ubuntu 8/11: 72%

Hmm the one distro on that list I haven't tried and it's the highest!

2/15/2006 11:09:26 AM

Your ideal distro is:
Built for newer computers
Easy to use
Installed with a graphical installer
Installed with everything
One that detects your hardware for you
Packed with many choices for an application
Full of the latest and greatest features that may take up processing power
Binary package based
Free from dependancy hell
Windows like in GUI Nature

here's how the distributions in the database match up to your choices:
Distro name Match %
Ubuntu 8/11: 72%
Mandriva 10/11: 90%
SuSe 10/11: 90%
Fedora 10/11: 90%
MEPIS 9/11: 81%
Knoppix 10/11: 90%
Debian 8/11: 72%
Damn Small 7/11: 63%
Gentoo 5/11: 45%
Slackware 7/11: 63%
Vector 7/11: 63%
Kanotix 10/11: 90%
Arch 5/11: 45%
Ark 10/11: 90%
LFS 3/11: 27%
Beatrix 8/11: 72%
EvilEntity 4/11: 36%

Based on these results we recommend you to try(if you haven't tried it yet):
Mandriva

2/15/2006 11:13:29 AM

Your ideal distro is:

* Built for older computers
* Only installed with a base system
* One that detects your hardware for you
* Packed with many choices for an application
* Full of the latest and greatest features that may take up processing power
* Binary package based
* Free from dependancy hell


here's how the distributions in the database match up to your choices:
Distro name Match %
Ubuntu 8/11: 72%
Mandriva 8/11: 72%
SuSe 8/11: 72%
Fedora 9/11: 81%
MEPIS 7/11: 63%
Knoppix 9/11: 81%
Debian 10/11: 90%
Damn Small 8/11: 72%
Gentoo 6/11: 54%
Slackware 8/11: 72%
Vector 7/11: 63%
Kanotix 9/11: 81%
Arch 7/11: 63%
Ark 8/11: 72%
LFS 6/11: 54%
Beatrix 8/11: 72%
EvilEntity 5/11: 45%

Based on these results we recommend you to try(if you haven't tried it yet):
Debian

2/15/2006 11:26:33 AM

I've got dual-boot with Ubuntu 64-bit and I must say it is one of the sweeter Linux distros

2/15/2006 1:04:48 PM

Gentoo 8/11: 72%

2/15/2006 1:05:33 PM

Ubuntu 9/11: 81%
Mandriva 6/11: 54%
SuSe 6/11: 54%
Fedora 7/11: 63%
MEPIS 7/11: 63%
Knoppix 6/11: 54%
Debian 8/11: 72%
Damn Small 8/11: 72%
Gentoo 9/11: 81%
Slackware 6/11: 54%
Vector 7/11: 63%
Kanotix 6/11: 54%
Arch 9/11: 81%
Ark 8/11: 72%
LFS 7/11: 63%
Beatrix 9/11: 81%
EvilEntity 8/11: 72%

No shock there.

I :heart: Ubuntu.

2/15/2006 1:12:29 PM

Here's how the distributions in the database match up to your choices:
Distro name Match %
Ubuntu 7/11: 63%
Mandriva 9/11: 81%
SuSe 9/11: 81%
Fedora 9/11: 81%
MEPIS 7/11: 63%
Knoppix 8/11: 72%
Debian 9/11: 81%
Damn Small 6/11: 54%
Gentoo 5/11: 45%
Slackware 10/11: 90%
Vector 8/11: 72%
Kanotix 8/11: 72%
Arch 6/11: 54%
Ark 7/11: 63%
LFS 6/11: 54%
Beatrix 6/11: 54%
EvilEntity 8/11: 72%

Based on these results we recommend you to try(if you haven't tried it yet):
Slackware

funny, I had slackware on my laptop but the driver support was lacking and I run gentoo on my media server. I'm starting to mess with bsd but for some reason the machine it's on likes to not post from time to time

[Edited on February 15, 2006 at 1:16 PM. Reason : stupid spacing]

2/15/2006 1:14:19 PM

Your ideal distro is:

* Built for older computers
* Easy to use
* Installed with a graphical installer
* Installed with everything
* One that detects your hardware for you
* Packed with many choices for an application
* Lightweight and speedy
* Binary package based
* Free from dependancy hell


here's how the distributions in the database match up to your choices:
Distro name Match %
Ubuntu 9/11: 81%
Mandriva 8/11: 72%
SuSe 8/11: 72%
Fedora 9/11: 81%
MEPIS 7/11: 63%
Knoppix 8/11: 72%
Debian 9/11: 81%
Damn Small 9/11: 81%
Gentoo 5/11: 45%
Slackware 8/11: 72%
Vector 8/11: 72%
Kanotix 8/11: 72%
Arch 5/11: 45%
Ark 8/11: 72%
LFS 4/11: 36%
Beatrix 9/11: 81%
EvilEntity 5/11: 45%

2/15/2006 1:54:47 PM

Distro name Match %
Ubuntu 8/11: 72%
Mandriva 10/11: 90%
SuSe 10/11: 90%
Fedora 10/11: 90%
MEPIS 9/11: 81%
Knoppix 10/11: 90%
Debian 8/11: 72%
Damn Small 7/11: 63%
Gentoo 5/11: 45%
Slackware 7/11: 63%
Vector 7/11: 63%
Kanotix 10/11: 90%
Arch 5/11: 45%
Ark 10/11: 90%
LFS 3/11: 27%
Beatrix 8/11: 72%
EvilEntity 4/11: 36%

2/15/2006 2:02:53 PM

I beginning to think this distro chooser was sponsered by Ubuntu lol

2/15/2006 2:08:00 PM

Your ideal distro is:

* Built for newer computers
* Easy to use
* Installed with a graphical installer
* Only installed with a base system
* One that detects your hardware for you
* Packed with many choices for an application
* Full of the latest and greatest features that may take up processing power
* Binary package based
* Free from dependancy hell
* Macintosh like in GUI Nature


here's how the distributions in the database match up to your choices:
Distro name Match %
Ubuntu 7/11: 63%
Mandriva 8/11: 72%
SuSe 8/11: 72%
Fedora 9/11: 81%
MEPIS 7/11: 63%
Knoppix 8/11: 72%
Debian 8/11: 72%
Damn Small 6/11: 54%
Gentoo 6/11: 54%
Slackware 5/11: 45%
Vector 5/11: 45%
Kanotix 8/11: 72%
Arch 6/11: 54%
Ark 8/11: 72%
LFS 4/11: 36%
Beatrix 7/11: 63%
EvilEntity 3/11: 27%

Based on these results we recommend you to try(if you haven't tried it yet):
Fedora

spiffy. 's what I use

2/15/2006 2:36:01 PM

is there someone out there who actually doesn't want to be

Quote :

" * Free from dependancy hell"

2/15/2006 7:27:37 PM

Distro name Match %
Ubuntu 9/11: 81%
Mandriva 7/11: 63%
SuSe 7/11: 63%
Fedora 7/11: 63%
MEPIS 8/11: 72%
Knoppix 7/11: 63%
Debian 8/11: 72%
Damn Small 8/11: 72%
Gentoo 8/11: 72%
Slackware 6/11: 54%
Vector 8/11: 72%
Kanotix 7/11: 63%
Arch 8/11: 72%
Ark 9/11: 81%
LFS 6/11: 54%
Beatrix 9/11: 81%
EvilEntity 5/11: 45%

Based on these results we recommend you to try(if you haven't tried it yet):
Ubuntu

i've only used fedora, so we'll see now, won't we?

2/15/2006 7:52:43 PM

^^ heh way back when it didnt check dependencies when i was installing something and my entire system went down never to return. i just didnt bother to reinstall.

[Edited on February 15, 2006 at 8:41 PM. Reason : i was so proud of myself for crashing teh mighty linux, though they did it for me technically]

[Edited on February 15, 2006 at 8:42 PM. Reason : it was officially did linux in for me at the time, i bet i could handle it nowadays though]

2/15/2006 8:40:03 PM

Your ideal distro is:

* Built for older computers
* Installed with a console installer
* Installed with everything
* One that detects your hardware for you
* Packed with only 1 program for each application to save space
* Lightweight and speedy
* Binary package based
* Free from dependancy hell


here's how the distributions in the database match up to your choices:
Distro name Match %
Ubuntu 11/11: 100%
Mandriva 6/11: 54%
SuSe 6/11: 54%
Fedora 7/11: 63%
MEPIS 7/11: 63%
Knoppix 7/11: 63%
Debian 10/11: 90%
Damn Small 10/11: 90%
Gentoo 7/11: 63%
Slackware 9/11: 81%
Vector 10/11: 90%
Kanotix 7/11: 63%
Arch 8/11: 72%
Ark 8/11: 72%
LFS 7/11: 63%
Beatrix 10/11: 90%
EvilEntity 8/11: 72%

2/15/2006 10:01:31 PM

slackware

what i already have installed. go figure!!1

2/16/2006 12:18:36 AM

^OMG, jackleg is so l337.

2/16/2006 12:49:59 AM

ive never run anything besides slack and openBSD, im not as bad as some linux geeks

plus my main system boots to XP

2/16/2006 1:25:37 AM

I have been playing around with Slax, the live CD Linux. It's pretty cool and pretty easy to customize.

But I am running Debian(soon to be taken off and replaced with something else) on my main Linux PC and FC3 on an old laptop.



http://slax.linux-live.org

2/16/2006 9:17:57 AM