The Linuxinstall.net Podcast

The Linuxinstall.net Podcast


Linuxinstall.net Episode 101 - What Distro do you use?

March 04, 2014

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<p dir="ltr">1) Introduction</p>
<p dir="ltr">2) What we are up to with Linux?</p>

<ul>
<li>What was the first Distro you installed? What made you choose it?</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-left: 100px;">Greg  - RedHat 9 - Friend gave it to him
Joe - Mandrake 6.5 from Staples - Walking through the store and saw it
Walt - Slackware 3 - Picked it up at a Mom and Pop Computer Store because there was no internet to download from.  To use at school and replace Borland
Brian - MKLinux DR1 -</p>

<ul>
<li>How many distros have you tried?</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-left: 100px;">Joe - 20 Probably more
Walt - 40
Brian - 30
Greg - 21</p>

<ul>
<li>What Distro do you install most often? Why?</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-left: 100px;">Walt - *ubuntu - There is almost always a package available
Brian - Ubuntu/Mint - Package availablity
Greg - Fedora - Redhat/Fedora Fanboy
Joe - Fedora - Redhat at work
Indonesia reports that Ubuntu is more widely available</p>
<p dir="ltr">3) Conclusion</p>

<ul>
<li>Follow us on<a href="http://twitter.com/linuxinstall"> Twitter</a> @linuxinstall</li>
<li>Google + Community</li>
<li>Check out our other work:</li>
<li>Walt Jevack - Jevack.com</li>
<li>Joe Leuzzi & Greg Martin - whatimplayingnow.com</li>
<li>Brian Wagner - devopsmastery.com</li>
</ul>