which is best-looking Linux Distib

Sathish · 25-10-2008, 12:22 PM

which is the best looking linux distribution (without using third party themes)..

desiibond · 25-10-2008, 12:30 PM

Uganda Linux.

Dude. Take a look at the previous posts, you will find an answer

IronManForever · 25-10-2008, 01:42 PM

Why dont you want to use the extensive customisation options available to make linux the way you want it. Basically you can make all new Linux OSes to look wonderful..

Go for Ubuntu/openSUSE, etc.

Faun · 25-10-2008, 02:17 PM

DSL and Puppy linux

sganesh · 25-10-2008, 03:03 PM

Beau Distros
1.Open Suse11
2.gOS
3.Sabayon Linux

hullap · 25-10-2008, 05:12 PM

gentoo

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<hullap>phrik, gentoo
<phrik>Watching text scroll by for hours on end is fun for the whole family!

Rahim · 25-10-2008, 05:39 PM

^So True

cooldudie3 · 29-10-2008, 11:32 AM

Gentoo is quite beautiful.

Cool G5 · 29-10-2008, 11:38 AM

I liked Open Suse. Fedora too looks classy.
At the end of the day you can always customise it. Thousand of resources are available on the web.

SunnyChahal · 29-10-2008, 11:45 AM

Get ubuntu and believe me you can customize it in any way you want to make it look beauti-ful!

Psychosocial · 31-10-2008, 08:32 PM

Ubuntu 8.04..... the only Linux distro I have used lolz

Sathish · 08-11-2008, 12:04 PM

but ubuntu has font rendering problems in KDE desktop environment..
it it not look like gnome..

hahahari · 14-11-2008, 10:29 PM

I kinda like mint too. Not much of a linix user though

a_k_s_h_a_y · 14-11-2008, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by hullap

gentoo

lol ! nice !

Gigacore · 14-11-2008, 10:39 PM

mint mainly concentrates on looks

give it a spin

Dark Star · 14-11-2008, 11:26 PM

Mandriva 2009.0 Gnome Edition.. People recommend anthing without noticing the flaws.. Ubuntu has some serious Kernel and Alsa regression with 8.10 .. So if you wanna try Ubuntu get 8.04 instead

thewisecrab · 14-11-2008, 11:56 PM

OpenSUSE is pretty cool
Ubuntu interface is really simplistic (I mean that in the +ve way)
But there are tons of 3rd party themes that will make it look like anything you want

**MetalheadGautham** · 15-11-2008, 12:14 AM

Ubuntu died out an year and a half back as far as I am concerned.
Try as it may, to look and feel great on the outside, its broken and dead on the inside.
I wish Ubuntu went back to being compatible with Debian and got back its old speed.

Till then, I suggest everyone to use Dream Linux. Its an awesome replacement for ubuntu, and from my test runs, I noticed that its as usable by newbies as ubuntu itself.

And if you want something a touch more advanced, and yet debian based, feeling easy to use but at the same time geekish, but on the graphical side, I recommend Sidux.

These two make great alternatives to Ubuntu, especially because they use the official Debian Repositories. They are also inherently lighter and faster due to the debian backend.

And NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, beats Debian Stable Gnome from being the best for enterprise grade server use. Ubuntu server is easily forgotton compared to this.

iMav · 15-11-2008, 01:45 AM

An honest question, why do people prefer gnome/debian based systems to KDE based other distros?

tgpraveen · 15-11-2008, 01:58 AM

currently whether u like it or not ubuntu is most popular due to its simplicty and usability and all
and kubuntu has got seriously messed up with little attention also kde 4 probs not helping either
so gnome taking lead with stable environemnt

Faun · 15-11-2008, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by iMav

An honest question, why do people prefer gnome/debian based systems to KDE based other distros?

Debian has deb packages which works like readymade click and install type. I have not installed any software in Ubuntu or Debian by compiling.

Btw you can have KDE or Gnome on debian, as its just a matter of choice.

Gnome is much simpler and easily modified to ones need.

KDE has has more Windoish feel and at times it provide settings which one would never even bother to care about. But KDE 4 looks promising, hoping for a stable release. And I hate that K in every KDE application.

**MetalheadGautham** · 15-11-2008, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by iMav

An honest question, why do people prefer gnome/debian based systems to KDE based other distros?

Because they are the best for newbies. Period.
Debian has vast repositories, high stability, huge community, etc along with being very easy to use. I have experienced it myself.
Gnome is simplistic and you can start using it right away. I especially like its menu system, which I feel has an insane level of simplicity and everything can be accessed from there.

But that does not mean Other Distros are not used by newbies. OpenSuSE KDE is very popular for example, though I would always recommend Debian due to the microscopic learning curve associated with it.

FilledVoid · 15-11-2008, 04:22 PM

To me I don't see the point of the question. All Linux distros can be customized to look pretty good. However it seems that you would like to know about the distros that look good out of box. Personally I prefer Mint I guess.

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An honest question, why do people prefer gnome/debian based systems to KDE based other distros?

I feel that its is simplicity and effort to keep everything rather simple. Compare a KDE syste and a gnome system and you will see what I mean. I've found KDE to be more.. um.. Complex and cluttered perhaps? Well at least thats my opinion.

Sathish · 15-11-2008, 07:30 PM

what about elive
looks different.?

**MetalheadGautham** · 15-11-2008, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by FilledVoid

I feel that its is simplicity and effort to keep everything rather simple. Compare a KDE syste and a gnome system and you will see what I mean. I've found KDE to be more.. um.. Complex and cluttered perhaps? Well at least thats my opinion.

Another thing not many people notice immidiately is the initial difficulty to get adjusted to KDE's naming policy. When in Gnome, all apps have generic names and are easily identifiable. But in KDE, apps have mispelled and Kryptic names. For instance, how do you expect a total newbie user to know that K3B is a disc burner and Kaffeine is a movie player ? On the other hand, its obvious that Brasero Disc Burner burns discs and Totem Movie Player is a media player. The mispelling based names like Konsole, Kalculator, Kaffeine, Kugar, Konqueror, Kommander, etc also sometimes offend some people at first sight, though they get adjusted to it later.

SunnyChahal · 15-11-2008, 09:27 PM

I wanna install a Linux distro.I've heard that ubuntu ibex has some issues.
Please suggest me a light,easy and zippy distro.I don't care bout the default looks as Linux is very customizable and I can easily theme it.
Didn't wanna create a new thread so shot here only.

**MetalheadGautham** · 15-11-2008, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunny1211993

I wanna install a Linux distro.I've heard that ubuntu ibex has some issues.
Please suggest me a light,easy and zippy distro.I don't care bout the default looks as Linux is very customizable and I can easily theme it.
Didn't wanna create a new thread so shot here only.

Debian. Dream Linux. Get the latest Release Canditate and Dist Upgrade.

SunnyChahal · 15-11-2008, 10:08 PM

Debian or Dream Linux?

Faun · 15-11-2008, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

Another thing not many people notice immidiately is the initial difficulty to get adjusted to KDE's naming policy. When in Gnome, all apps have generic names and are easily identifiable. But in KDE, apps have mispelled and Kryptic names. For instance, how do you expect a total newbie user to know that K3B is a disc burner and Kaffeine is a movie player ? On the other hand, its obvious that Brasero Disc Burner burns discs and Totem Movie Player is a media player. The mispelling based names like Konsole, Kalculator, Kaffeine, Kugar, Konqueror, Kommander, etc also sometimes offend some people at first sight, though they get adjusted to it later.

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