What in your opinion is the best linux distro?

I'd personally choose ArchLinux or Debian.

Please, don't start another flame war!

Debian for me.

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My favorite distribution depends upon its use.

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For servers I prefer CentOS due to its stability and high level of security.

I use Debian on my personal computers.

YMMV

Jeff

Arch all the way...

Arch. Then Slack. Or swap the order around if you like.

If you really must know, my favorite is LFS. Though, I've found LFS might not be the best choice in all situations. Running Debian on my Linode.

It really comes down to the role that it's going to play. For my Linode I use Gentoo, love being able to create an environment specific to it's function. Nothing is running on my Linode that is not needed, so performance and security I'm very happy with. Then of course there's portage, it's one of the best package managers I've ever run.

For Desktop and Laptop I'm running Linux Mint, very sweet distro. It seriously makes Linux on the desktop an excellent experience.

I've found this combination to be the best and I'm very happy with it.

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Ubuntu's the best server distro in my opinion. Never really tried any Desktop Linux, yet.

For my personal notebook, I run Ubuntu because "it just works" with everything. Though, sometimes Fedora gets installed because deep in my heart, I'm a Red Hat guy -- grew up using RHL, so I am more comfy with Red Hat stuff.

For servers, I always use CentOS for stability and security and also because, again, I'm comfy in a Red Hat environment.

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I prefer Debian on servers and Ubuntu on workstations.

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ditto to that

IMHO, there is no such thing as "best distro"
I am using currently CentOS, used to be WhiteBox.
I supposed to laptops the best disto is Ubuntu bacause it just works!
For servers I prefer CentOS.

Generally speaking, I prefer to stick to either RHL based (Fedora, CentOS) or Debian based (Debian, Ubuntu). I used to have different distros on different PCs and when you need quickly to do something you discover that it is done in a slightly different manner than on the other distro.

Whatever distro I'm running at the moment is, naturally, the best.

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