Best Linux OS

[am3n]

Originally Posted by rynet91

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Ubuntu is good and there is a modified version designed for multimedia use, I tried the server version but I didn't like the no GUI idea (I'm a noob that doesn't know command lines)

did you know that you can always install webmin (Webmin) on your linux (either desktop or server). webmin gives you a graphical user interface via web access.

so you change your IP address, setup samba share, edit iptables configuration, etc via webmin.

ps: webmin is also available on major linux distro. below is the simplest command to get webmin running on your ubuntu server.

$ sudo apt-get install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl libmd5-perl

Now download the latest webmin using the following command

$ wget SourceForge.net: Downloading ...

Now we have webmin_1.370_all.deb package install this package using the following command

$ sudo dpkg -i webmin_1.370_all.deb

This will complete the installation.

Ubuntu in particular don’t allow logins by the root user by default. However, the user created at system installation time can use sudo to switch to root. Webmin will allow any user who has this sudo capability to login with full root privileges.

Now you need to open your web browser and enter the following

https://your-server-ip:10000/

taken from: Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) LAMP Server Setup -- Ubuntu Geek

[snoop1990]

Thank you for this tutorial but I personally recommend not to use webadmin cause of security issues. I recommend ssh but this is my personal choice.

[Mellence]

Personally, I use Slackware, started on it too, but it is a little bit harder. Once you get the hang of it, I have yet to find a better package manager, and it was one of the earliest non Linus Torvalds distro's, and is the oldest one that is still being maintained. And hey, why wouldn't you want something made by a guy named Patrick Volkerdink.

[naives]

I go for debian. With lot people using it all around the world. It has everything. It is stable. And got many many packages available. Debian is great..

[cfeedback]

This is one of the reason's that Linux has such problems getting any penetration in the mainstream...there's a zillion out there, and all have their pluses and minuses.

I'm mainly an XP guy just because of the games I play, but I use Mac OS X and have messed around with *nix from time to time (brings back memories of my first net access - a dialup shell account). I started with red hat years but now the most robust distro has to be ubuntu.

[tronador]

For home user i think Ubuntu is the best. For server you can use Debian, Red Hat Enterprise or Suse Enterprise

[snoop1990]

I agree the biggest problem about linux is the number of differences. What we need are clear choices. Something like the ports system on freebsd. Everybody installs the very basics, so the systems can communicate with each other and stuff and all the rest is loaded as an external package so users can decide which they need and which they want to leave out. That's a great choice I guess. It's all about customization, therefore if you want the Linux that works best for you I recommend to build it from scratch.

[tronador]

you can use too a "semi-scratch" distro where you can choose the packages and those are compiled and optimized for your machine: Gentoo Linux.

The bad thing is that compile time can a long of hours (leave compiling when you go to sleep), but you will get the fastest OS for your machine.

[bizzard]

Yesterday, I tried installing gNewSense 2.0 deltah. I found it more user friendlier than Ubuntu and Debian. Its derived from Ubuntu and Debian, but has cool features of administration, when used as single user(I haven't tried with multi user). It has easy configurable network sharing and printer sharing.

And more over, it has a repository for India, which offers high speed download.

[joseph0829]

in my own opinion i find linux to be the best but not the best, its the best since its free many open source software are not overpassing the speeding highways (internet) , its not the best coz it doesn't support like popular software

[tronador]

I'm using Linux since one year ago, i use Ubuntu is very easy for starters, but i have tested OpenSuse recently and i see it faster and more stable than ubuntu.

Other distros are a little difficult to configure (because you have less documentation) but are better than ubuntu also.