All those on the list.
Ubuntu is the best so far.

Used Unix and VMS at work first.
Around 1992 got a copy of 386BSD on about 30 or 40 floppy disks.

Slackware and Yggdrasil Linux were my first Linux distros.

Too many to remember or list in between those and Feisty.

I have tried
1)Ubuntu
2)Kubuntu
3)PClinuxOS 06
4)Elive Linux(latest one,via livecd)
5)Gentoo(only via livecd)

My first linux distro was Ubuntu, and i love it. Nothing better.

Ubuntu has to be the best byfar, because it is different than other linux distros. Other distros are basically for computer people, while if a comp-n00b we're to use it...well it would probably be like a Windows Alternative.

Dont really know how to explain it....hopefully you guys get my point

Other distros I've tried is DragonBSD, FreeSpire, XanderOS..

But of all the distro's I've tried out I prefer Ubuntu GNU/Linux which I first tried in 2005. I run Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn on all my computers, desktops as well as servers. Running both the server and desktop editions makes it easy to maintain both in my oppinion.

Have a wonderfull day

Ubunutu (Kubuntu for about 20 minutes, really don't like KDE)

Knoppix

Peanut

I've tried every flavor of Ubuntu. (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Fluxbuntu) I've also tried Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Sabayon, Dream Linux, Mandriva, Knoppix. Elive

I've used Mandrake/Mandriva, Ubuntu, and Xubuntu.

used, ubuntu,xubuntu kubuntu etc etc
Fedora
Mandriva

I currently use ubuntu with blackbox desktop, does that make it blackbuntu?

I have tried most distros I now use mint I find it very user friendly, I recommend this version to my friends and have installed it on several systems for friends all are new to linux and they are amazed that a operating system can be this easy

First tried Linux with Mandriva, then Fedora Core 5, then Ubuntu (6.06, 6.10 & 7.04) both on my laptop and server. I also use Fedora Core 6 at uni.
Oh, and can't forget Smoothwall & Clarkconnect, although they're not much of a desktop OS

May I suggest moving this to the 'opensource' section of the forum?


Extreme Coder

Currently using Ubuntu. Tried Vectorlinux, Demudi, and dyne:bolic for awhile.

I started with mandrake 9 (I know, a late bloomer), which was not intuitive at all - I ran back to windows for a bit longer, then tried Xandros 3 before switching to Kubuntu.

I started with Suse 5.0 in 1997, moved to debian in 2001 and still using it on most of my pcs + server. one laptop is running gentoo and one desktop has been running ubuntu since warty (now feisty)

I've been trying Linux off and on since the mid-90s. Ubuntu is my latest try, and I'm loving it. I don't think I need to look further. I remember when it was a pain in the neck just to get the network card going.

ho hum
Where to start?

I started with Caldera Linux 1.3

Then Redhat 6.0 (ugh!)

Then Slackware 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

Changed briefly to Mandrake Linux.

Then Back to Slackware 10, 10.1

The Ubuntu Breezy (5.10), and Ubuntu Dapper (6.04).

Then Zenwalk Linux 2.6, 3.0, 4.0, 4.2, 4.4.1 , which is where I currently am.

A group of hackers told me Debian was the uber Linux, so thats where I started. Since then, I've tried Fedora, Ubuntu, openSUSE, and toyed with Gentoo and FreeBSD.

I feel strangely experienced with Linux now, and a bit bored of it, although I still really want to see what RHEL and SLED are like.

you can use SLED for free for 4 months if I'm not mistaken.
Imho it's a really decent OS but can't be compared to other linux flavours any more. But just try it and see for youself.

Yes you can use SLED free for 4 Months. I like SLED a lot its much nicer that Open SUSE but the big issue is there are hardly any repositories. Other than its a lovely distro. Hence I am now a big Ubuntu fan due to the repositories. It is well worth trying out though.

Helen

Is that true? Someone told me SLED and OpenSUSE are so similar they share repos and stuff. Guess he was wrong. I'm still getting an OpenSUSE DVD in the mail next week, to try it out.


Extreme Coder