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Finding a linux to settle down and grow old with

post #1 of 3
11/27/11 at 10:52am
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Howdy! I'm shopping for linux, and thought I'd see if anyone here has had any interesting experiences with linux that meet some of the criteria i was looking for in a distro :)

 

I've tried Ubuntu 11.10, Fedora 15 & 16, Ubuntu Studio, and Puredyne. I might end up settling for Ubuntu Studio, but I'm not sure.

 

The main things I'm looking for in a distro is:

1. Alsa setup as the default audio kernel thingy, instead of Pulseaudio or anything like that

2. Simple Graphical interface, which is what cut Ubuntu and Fedora out of the picture

3. Extra multimedia apps would be cool

 

Anybody know of any distros that might be a good match for me? I know it is very possible to setup alsa with any distro, but I really would rather have it be default on the OS. I've been looking at this list, so I may try a few more from here: http://distrowatch.com/search.php?ostype=All&category=Multimedia&origin=All&basedon=All&notbasedon=None&desktop=All&architecture=All&status=Active

 

Thanks!

 

PS. For anyone looking for the perfect OS for their netbook, that is not afraid of digging around in linux to get things to work, Fedora 16 is quite amazing on my netbook, great interface and very fast

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post #2 of 3
11/27/11 at 8:54pm

Linux Mint, it was the first distro that just worked for me out of the box.  It is what I run on 6 machines and counting, its gnome based, but they have released different versions of the other WM's.  I stopped hunting after I ran it on an old dell laptop.

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post #3 of 3
11/27/11 at 9:40pm
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Originally Posted by 1800yolk View Post

Anybody know of any distros that might be a good match for me?

Try Xubuntu or Lubuntu which have lightweight, but fully-functional, desktop models.  The Fubar DAC works fine with Xubunt via VLC.  I use the Lubuntu as a video recorder for OTA HDTV.  The computer audio line output is connected to a NAD amplifier.  I have tried several distros.. the Ubuntu family is best.

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