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Old September 30th, 2005, 05:24 AM
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Take an online test and find which distro is for you.

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My Results:

1 Perfect Match

"Mandriva"

But i like 98,so.........
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Old October 1st, 2005, 10:54 AM
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Nice link Donny. Stickied.
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Old October 1st, 2005, 01:50 PM
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how u doin

i took the test in Norwegian,engrish is all i know 1.Gentoo 2.Slackware
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Old October 1st, 2005, 02:56 PM
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I got Fedora as #1 and Mandriva as #2

No surprise to me because I had Fedora first, and answered all the questions with Fedora in mind (graphical installer, Gnome over KDE, rpm based installation etc...)
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Old October 1st, 2005, 04:44 PM
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1.Mandriva.......these mysterious names is what puts a lot of people off trying them I reckon.
I mean, what does ubuntu mean? sounds like some pigmy tribe from the jungle!

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Old October 1st, 2005, 06:40 PM
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They picked Gentoo and number one for me and Slack as number 2. I do like both of those but can't believe I didn't get BSD as number one. Its either not in their list or I'm not as old school as I thought.
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Old October 1st, 2005, 08:40 PM
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No badwayz, BSD is not on their list. Only linux distros :P

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Many have asked us about what distributions are currently included in the test.
The test currently includes these distributions: Fedora Core, Mandriva, SuSE, Debian, MEPIS, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Linspire, Xandros, Desktop/LX, PCLinuxOS, Yellowdog Linux, Gentoo and Slackware.
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Old October 2nd, 2005, 01:15 AM
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Ahhhhh well there ya have it. At least Gentoo was picked as number one for me and I can live with that as Gen rocks most hard!
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Old October 18th, 2005, 07:12 PM
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Iv just taken the test it told me to stick to windows,only kidding. Mandriva as number 1,i used to run redhat but iv just turned to the new debian 3.1,seems quite good.
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Old October 26th, 2005, 02:20 AM
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I mean, what does ubuntu mean?
Accroding to ubuntulinux.org...
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"Ubuntu" is an ancient African word, meaning "humanity to others". Ubuntu also means "I am what I am because of who we all are".
I like both KDE and gnome, but for this test (since I was on a Linux distro with KDE), I chose KDE, so I got Mandriva as 1, and Kubuntu was on #3.
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Old October 26th, 2005, 02:37 AM
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Nice link Donny. Stickied.
Thank you my friend,i just noticed

God bless you
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Old March 5th, 2006, 04:29 PM
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I got Fedora as #1 and Mandriva as #2

No surprise to me because I had Fedora first, and answered all the questions with Fedora in mind (graphical installer, Gnome over KDE, rpm based installation etc...)
can you tell me the link for the linux test please
many thanks
dave.....
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Old March 5th, 2006, 04:43 PM
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The link is in the first post.


It suggested Mandriva for me and the next two were Suse and Ubuntu.

I actually have Suse and Ubuntu installed, albeit as VMWare
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Old March 30th, 2006, 12:36 AM
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Slackware

(http://slackware.com/)
Slackware Linux by Patrick Volkerding is an advanced Linux operating system, designed with the twin goals of ease of use and stability as top priorities. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power, Slackware brings the best of all worlds to the table.

Gentoo
Gentoo Linux is a special flavor of Linux that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme performance, configurability and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience.
Scary how it *reads* your mind

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Old April 20th, 2006, 04:39 PM
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I took the test and it gave me 1. SuSe 10.0 and 2. Mandriva

I have been searching the forum here and reading a lot of posts, but I'm still a little unsure of how to do this.

Should I get a book to read first? Could any of you suggest one?

What I want to do is install Linux on one of my two hard-drives and then try and learn how to use it. But, I'm not even sure how to get it installed without messing everything up again.

I just recently had to reformat both drives and I really don't want to screw everything up again, but if that's the only way I can learn...so be it.

If someone could just add a link to the correct information if it's already been addressed, I would appreciate it.

thanks,

cajungenes
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