Linux is one of the best operating systems ever .Considering the number of distributions ie,about 350 there always arises a question which is the best linux distribution.According to recent polls ubuntu is voted as the best linux distribution.It doesn’t signify that others are not good.But one thing which is an important factor to be considered is that the linux distribution suited for you entirely depends on you.For eg,if you are a penetration tester ,you would be most probably using backtrack compared to ubuntu which is the most popular linux.Mostly quality of an os depends on its popularity .Here is a list of some famous linux distributions and their homepages :
- Slax
- Fedora Core
- Kubuntu
- SUSE
- Mepis
- Red Hat
- Knoppix
- Debian
- DSL (Damn Small Linux)
- Gentoo
- Linspire
- Xubuntu
- PCLinuxOS
- Mandriva/Mandrake
- openSUSE
- Puppy
It is always up to you which one should you choose.Have a look at them and choose your one.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
hii i have been using many linux distros since i was attracted to linux, and now i am using ubuntu 9.10 i am really happy with ubuntu cause its debian based easy installable regular updated free os they even ship cds to your home(cooolll
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They have simplest package manager i have ever seen in linux distros.. Guys i suggest you to go on debian based distros which is more user friendly
good post keep going