How many different Linux distros have YOU used?

[JimBobIII]

Me, I'm something of a tinkerer; I like to try out new things more than I like to stick to them. Started using Damn Small Linux at least a half decade ago, became more familiar with Linux operating systems with Ubuntu, tried Kubuntu and later Linux Mint, went back to Ubuntu for a while, set up a couple live USBs with Puppy Linux and Crunchbang for recovery purposes, tried with limited success to do a custom Arch setup, switched over to Fedora, and made another USB boot key for an anonymity/security-based Gentoo variant. That's at least 9, and I'm sure I've probably forgotten one or two along the way here. How about you guys?

 

[keylogger]

i have used BeatrIX , Bharat Operating System Solutions , Caixa Mágica , aptosid , LiMux , MintPPC , UserLinux and Vyatta

 

[inexia]

I have used Mandrake, SuSe, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Puppy, Damn Small Linux, Slackware, and currently use Arch and Fedora.

 

[dale]

Red Hat, CentOS, Xubuntu.

 

[steelmanronald06]

Gentoo (Desktop), Ubuntu (desktop/server), CentOS (server), Debian (Desktop/Server).

I prefer Debian or CentOS for server and Gentoo for Desktop.

 

[ebildude123]

I've used Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Puppy Linux, and Damn Small Linux.
I like Fedora the most out of all of them probably since it's the one I've used more than the others, but that's just me.

 

[Microsuck]

This is a difficult question, it's been so long since I have used anything other than Debian, CentOS, and Ubuntu.

Along with the above, I have used Arch, Mint, Puppy, Fedora, Red Hat, Solaris, and BackTrack. Those are the ones I seem to be able to remember.

 

[spiderman]

I only use uBuntu because for me it has the most user friendly GUI in all the Linux distros. Not much of a hard core Linux user here.

 

[Bill]

I have literally used too many to count. Most were Fedora or Ubuntu and variants, such as Fuduntu, Mint, and Zorin, although I have used a few that were Slackware based, such as Backtrack. Others include Debian, Arch, Puppy, and DSL.

I have also used several of the BSDs and even GNU with Hurd, but those are not Linux.

 

[DarthVader3257]

As of now, I am have yet to try out Linux. I heard that it is a great operating system for people that don't mind spending some time on tweaks and such, but I have had an interest in doing so for quite a long time. Sooner or later, I will buy the operating system.

 

[Bill]

As of now, I am have yet to try out Linux. I heard that it is a great operating system for people that don't mind spending some time on tweaks and such, but I have had an interest in doing so for quite a long time. Sooner or later, I will buy the operating system.

You don't need to buy it. Most people download a Linux distribution in the form of a .iso file and burn it to a disk. Most of the major Linux distributions become a live disk after you burn them. This means that all you have to do to try it out is restart the computer with the live disk in the computer. If everything works well and you like it, then you can consider permanently installing the OS.

 

[Melissa]

Just one!! Mint. But once I figure out my way around I want to try as many as I can.

 

[KenJackson]

Sooner or later, I will buy the operating system.

Buy it--that's good. That will help support the people that do the work to bring it to us. Though I suspect most people download it for free and burn a CD.

But to encourage you, you should download a live version (for free) from one of the many distros that offer them, burn it and try it out without installing it.

As for me:
RedHat Linux (before it split off Fedora),
Mandriva,
PCLinuxOS,
Fedora,
Ubuntu,
Arch

I use Fedora on my main machine and my laptop. One other PC runs Arch.

 

[Victor Leigh]

You don't need to buy it. Most people download a Linux distribution in the form of a .iso file and burn it to a disk. Most of the major Linux distributions become a live disk after you burn them. This means that all you have to do to try it out is restart the computer with the live disk in the computer. If everything works well and you like it, then you can consider permanently installing the OS.

You can actually save the price of a cd by installing Linux to run from a pendrive. After you download the distro you want, download unetbootin. This is the utility that will make a pendrive boot up a Linux distro. Certain distros like Puppy Linux can be used indefinitely from a pendrive.

 

[emma11]

I have used Mandrake, SuSe, Red Hat, Puppy, Damn Small Linux, Slackware, and currently use Arch and Fedora

 

[Microsuck]

I cannot stand Puppy. It's terrible.

 

[Smokey]

I've used....errm.......about 6 or 7 different flavors of Linux. Puppy, Suse, Debian/Ubuntu, Mint and Fedora...I believe I also tried 2 others I just don't recall their names....

 

[grim76]

Red Hat 7.2
Suse 9, 10, 11
OpenSuse 9, 10, 11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x and 6.x
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.x and 6.x
Ubuntu up to the 10.x range
Fedora all the way up to Fed16 (Waiting for a bit before moving to 17)
Knoppix for some specific recovery needs

 

[chemic]

I use Debian, Suse and Vyatta. In past also I used Fedora.