[olug] best linux distro for...

[DYNATRON tech]

WOW!

this is a topic that really gets you guys talking!

here's my situation.

i am basically just using this box to create some samba shares, and also a
to run a KAI engine. as far as face to face work, i need it for video/audio
recording/editing. this is why i need my desktop spanned.

why RPM?
i know how to use RPM. every other package managing utility i've tried has
not worked worth a crap for me. I'm using debian on my webserver, and i
can't even get my DYNDNS service to work. The result is a website that goes
down a couple times a week. I tried to install aMule on this box, and it was
a disaster. If somebody has a suggestion, i'm willing to try something new.
It must be a reliable package manager with a GUI.

I like mandrake (now mandriva) the best of everything that i've used.
unfortunately, i usually have issues with hardware not configuring properly
on install. I once had a copy of mandrake (8.0, i think) that would be
useless as soon as i tried to use the second video card i had on the box. I
once had an install of SUSE that wouldn't recognize any Gb ethernet card i
threw at it.

about once a year, i try to give linux another chance. i just want to try
something i won't be disappointed in. i'd like to know more about CENTOS.
links?

here's what i've got to choose from in my distro collection....


FRENZY
FREE BSD
FEDORA 5
SUSE 10.1
MANDRIVA 2006
XANDROS
SLACKWARE
FEATHER
BERRY
KNOPPIX 5.0.1
PUPPY
ROCK
SLAX
UBUNTO
WOMP
aLINUX
KATE
GOBLIX
GENTOO
DEBIAN

only a few have the version numbers labeled, but they should be fairly
recent distros.

let me know what you guys think.

thanks much for your expertise and opinions.




On 7/13/07, Bill Brush <bbrush at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I personally like Suse, but it'd be really hard to give anything
> approaching an appropriate recommendation since we have no idea what
> purpose this box will serve.
>
> Bill
>
> On 7/12/07, DYNATRON tech <dynatron at gmail.com> wrote:
> > hey,
> >
> > i've got a 1/2 TB, P4 (hyperthreading) dell server with a Nvidia 5200
> dual
> > display card.
> >
> > i've got about 20 different linux distros, but i'm not sure which will
> be
> > the most painless to install.
> > i'm looking for a setup where the desktop spans both monitors, and i'd
> like
> > both KDE and Gnome.
> > my only other requirement is RPM.
> >
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