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https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=MoviX
http://movix.sourceforge.net/
multimedia-biased
I don’t know when I tried this, but I’ll guess around the 2006 range. It was archived in my long, long list of distributions I tried.
Sad sad installer. Really tries very impressively hard. Really fails impressively badly. Would be awesome if it got into the “actually works” software category.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Debian
https://www.debian.org/
I had first tested this a long time ago, perhaps before 2003. My first impressions were that it had a big community, was clumsily-implemented enough to spawn many many sub-distros and had poor governance.
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Properly known as Debian GNU/Linux
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Linux distributions >
See also Linux distributions based on PCLinuxOS
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=PCLinuxOS
http://www.pclinuxos.com/
What was, and probably still is, an extremely beautiful and easy to use distribution. Where Slackware had long-held the title “it just works”, PCLinuxOS does that for users who are completely new to Linux.
From its earliest days its hardware detection was renown, its suite of software astounding, and its remastering capability extraordinary.
It was my daily driver for a long time.
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Was nicknamed “pclos” for years.
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Linux distributions >
See also Linux distributions based on Gentoo
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Gentoo
https://www.gentoo.org/
Systemd is reported to be optional, but I don’t have information on that.
My past experiences were dismal enough that I don’t want to bother trying Gentoo again.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/
Linux is an umbrella concept/base from which free operating systems are produced.
These initially intrigued me because of fundamental philosophies of freedom. Free as in freedom (Libre) and free as in beer (Gratis). Now it’s also about ease of use.
Note that you can remaster a distribution into your own customized one, with its own software, etc.
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aka distro(s)
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Linux distributions >
See also Linux distributions based on Slackware
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Slackware
http://www.slackware.com/
The oldest extant distribution, Slackware focuses on a sort of straightforwardness. It’s not “light” or “easy”, it is what it is. It’s not cripplingly-difficult like Gentoo or Arch Linux. Using it is a little taxing on the mind, but doesn’t actually require a whole lot of deep understanding. It’s install was straightforward.
Using it, I feel “closer” to my computer.
| Distribution | Last tested | LiveUSB | Package Management | Rolling Release | systemd? | Ease |
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| Slackware | 2016-03-25 – 14.1 | text installer | partial + third-party | security | No (1, 2, 3) | “other” |
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(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=gobo
http://gobolinux.org/
An alternative Linux distribution which redefines the entire filesystem hierarchy.
- 2016-03-31 – Their development has been so unbelievably godawfuly slow that I gave up hoping long ago.
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2015-05-16 –
- Their website is completely broken in places.
- I can’t find any documentation on how to get an ISO put onto a USB stick. While
ddworks, I don’t see a package manager for the liveUSB. The installation does not work: The bootloader is not magical.
