Post by mikkh on Oct 15, 2010 13:48:14 GMT
..... Or just making things difficult for no reason?
Linux is all about choice and I've taken that to the extreme on my main PC
My hard drive contains
Windows 7 - Yes I know, but it's only for commercial games, honest
PClinuxOS 2010.7
OpenSuse 11.3 (64 bit)
Mepis 8.5
Sabayon 5.4
SuperOS (Ubuntu 10.10)
Puppy 5.1
I've only got 4 Linux partitions, so SuperOS lives on a Windows partition and Puppy shares a Linux partition, but kept separate in a folder a bit like SuperOS.
How can I possibly use all 6 versions of Linux? Well I can't at the same time obviously, but I do pick a 'distro' at the start of the day and use that one all day usually. Today's OS is Sabayon 5.4, the friendlier face of Gentoo, which is normally for geeks only
I have a second Windows partition, the biggest on the drive called 'Data' and that's exactly what it contains - data for all the operating systems. Linux can access Windows partitions, so all 6 can use 'Data' as can Windows 7 of course.
I find it a good way of learning about the different 'distros' and it ensures I give them a fair run for their money before dismissing them as unsuitable. I have been guilty of not giving a new Linux enough time before and ignoring it in favour of others. But now I'm learning the different systems much more quickly by forcing myself to use all of them.
At command line level, they're all the same, so something learned in one can often be useful in another and it's not half as confusing as it sounds.
Have I got a favourite? Well two really - PClinuxOS for it's simplicity and OpenSuse - a re-acquaintance with one of the first distros I tried a decade ago. I thought it lost it's way about 5 years ago as it developed into a lumbering unfriendly beast that I didn't want to know. Now it's great, boots quicker, quicker to install and managing software is a breeze.
It's probably the most Windows like of them all and the almost daily updates contain program updates as well as system upgrades, so I get the latest Firefox etc more or less as soon as it's released.
It might be OpenSuse day tomorrow ;o
Linux is all about choice and I've taken that to the extreme on my main PC
My hard drive contains
Windows 7 - Yes I know, but it's only for commercial games, honest
PClinuxOS 2010.7
OpenSuse 11.3 (64 bit)
Mepis 8.5
Sabayon 5.4
SuperOS (Ubuntu 10.10)
Puppy 5.1
I've only got 4 Linux partitions, so SuperOS lives on a Windows partition and Puppy shares a Linux partition, but kept separate in a folder a bit like SuperOS.
How can I possibly use all 6 versions of Linux? Well I can't at the same time obviously, but I do pick a 'distro' at the start of the day and use that one all day usually. Today's OS is Sabayon 5.4, the friendlier face of Gentoo, which is normally for geeks only
I have a second Windows partition, the biggest on the drive called 'Data' and that's exactly what it contains - data for all the operating systems. Linux can access Windows partitions, so all 6 can use 'Data' as can Windows 7 of course.
I find it a good way of learning about the different 'distros' and it ensures I give them a fair run for their money before dismissing them as unsuitable. I have been guilty of not giving a new Linux enough time before and ignoring it in favour of others. But now I'm learning the different systems much more quickly by forcing myself to use all of them.
At command line level, they're all the same, so something learned in one can often be useful in another and it's not half as confusing as it sounds.
Have I got a favourite? Well two really - PClinuxOS for it's simplicity and OpenSuse - a re-acquaintance with one of the first distros I tried a decade ago. I thought it lost it's way about 5 years ago as it developed into a lumbering unfriendly beast that I didn't want to know. Now it's great, boots quicker, quicker to install and managing software is a breeze.
It's probably the most Windows like of them all and the almost daily updates contain program updates as well as system upgrades, so I get the latest Firefox etc more or less as soon as it's released.
It might be OpenSuse day tomorrow ;o