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 GILXA1226Premium,MVM
join:2000-12-29
Dayton, OH | Picked me correctly, I was 95% Gentoo, which is the only primary Linux OS I run. (I run others, but mostly just to try out in VMWare)
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 leiboldPremium,MVM
join:2002-07-09
Sunnyvale, CA
kudos:6
 ·SONIC.NET
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It chose 3 distributions as 100% matches for me: Mandriva, openSuSE and Fedora (in this order).
Figuring that this was because I specified a preference for RPM packages I tried again indicating I didn't care about package management. That gave the same 3 distributions but added Debian as another 100% candidate (plus a number of additional distributions with 95% and 90%).
I primarily use SuSE Linux.
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 rexbinaryMod KingPremium
join:2005-01-26
Plano, TX | reply to berserken
Interesting, it indeed picked Fedora for me. I'm curious how package format question is weighted though. |
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pabloMVM
join:2003-06-23
kudos:1 | reply to berserken
Hi,
Very nifty tool. It picked my distro (openSUSE) as well as two others: Mandriva and Fedora.
Perhaps one day I'll try one or the other distro's. The latest openSUSE drop is right around the corner though ...
Cheers,
-pablo
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 SteveI know your IP addressConsultant
join:2001-03-10
Yorba Linda, CA
kudos:5 | reply to berserken
Curious that it has no option to say that you want no runtime GUI (manage remotely via SSH). |
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pabloMVM
join:2003-06-23
kudos:1 | If you don't care for a desktop environment, pick `I don't care'
What desktop environment do you prefer?
I prefer KDE
I prefer GNOME
I prefer to (also) have other desktop environments available
I don't care
What's the difference?
Cheers,
-pablo
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·Fairpoint Commun..
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100% Kubuntu
100% Debian
95% Linux Mint
95% Ubuntu
Via mentioning of Linux Mint, I think the distro chooser meant "Linux Mint KDE."
I do not mind making use of experimental software for my desktop computer even though I still use Kubuntu 12.04 with all the latest software from KXStudio. It would be nice if the distro chooser would ask me "what do you do with your computer" with "making music" being one of my choice, including GIMP and Blender.
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 shdesignsPowered By Infinite Improbabilty DrivePremium
join:2000-12-01
Stone Mountain, GA | reply to Steve
said by Steve:Curious that it has no option to say that you want no runtime GUI (manage remotely via SSH).
Yes, it had a "server" option then asked what desktop Gui you wanted 
My linux boxes have no CRT
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·Comcast
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With just a cursory look, responding, "Know my way around, prefer rpm, KDE, liveCD, many programs, devel packages available, latest and greatest stable software..", I get
100% Fedora
100% OpenSuSE
100% Mandriva
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100% for Mandriva, Kubuntu, Mint, Suse, Fedora and Ubuntu
95% Gentoo and Slack
Where can I file bug reports? |
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SteveI know your IP addressConsultant
join:2001-03-10
Yorba Linda, CA
kudos:5 | reply to pablo
said by pablo:If you don't care for a desktop environment, pick `I don't care' Saying "I don't care" is not the same as "I don't want any GUI" |
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Hmm. Every test attempt with same choices results with....
Sorry, we were not able to find any matches. Please check back later.
Guess my picks were not cohesive enough.
Persistent Linux use since 05' and with a gazillion distro, then mainly PCLinuxOS and Ultimate, but for now... the Latest Sabayon KDE is impressive. |
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 sivranOpera ex-patPremium
join:2003-09-15
Arlington, TX
kudos:1 | reply to berserken
I guess running a Debian box for so long and eventually moving to Ubuntu turned me into a Deb fan.
'course, I guess the many years of rock-solid service that deb box gave could turn anyone into a fan.
I think the package preference question is significantly-weighted, possibly overly so. I chose deb because quite honestly, I haven't really used anything else very much. My results ended up being 100% Debian/Ubuntu/Mint/Kubuntu, with no mention of anything else at all. Repeating the test but changing package preference to "Don't know/Don't care" got me a variety of results, with Fedora on top, followed by Mint. Given that, I don't think this tool would be useful for a linux newbie wondering which one to install. They're not gonna know which package they prefer, and if that's all it takes to make the test suggest everything, then... yeah.
Overall I think it's trying to tell me I should probably go back to regular old Debian, but consider giving Fedora a shot.
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SteveI know your IP addressConsultant
join:2001-03-10
Yorba Linda, CA
kudos:5 | reply to berserken
For the record, I'm a "CentOS 6 Minimal Install" kind of guy |
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pabloMVM
join:2003-06-23
kudos:1 | reply to Steve
I knew you'd respond that way ... predictable! lol! |
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Picked me spot on at 100% Gentoo...though I'll run Ubuntu when it's easier (i.e. on a Beaglebone/RaspberryPi) |
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 Santa FeI use Xfce, don't you wish Everyone did?Premium,ExMod 2002-7
join:2000-08-22
Freight Yard
kudos:2
·Mediacom
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Aw, not one mention of Lubuntu or Xubuntu. Poo on Ubuntu & KDE
Just kidding of course. 
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It picked me as a 100% Mint user. When this first came out years ago it picked me as an Ubuntu user. |
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It flagged me as a Gentoovian. Fail. |
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