Comments on: Five Brilliant Ubuntu-based Distros You Never Knew Existed

By: zakhurlifesbane

zakhurlifesbane — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Nice article. I use E on the PS3 (not the current thin one which will not run linux) and I am very happy with it. DEFT is a must-have for me as I recently had a Debian-based VPS cracked, and I had to destroy the install to clean it up. The tools in DEFT may help me if ever I put another site on the internet.

Anyway, thanks for taking the time to research obscure but very interesting distros.

By: mohits

mohits — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Excellent article… especially when you after a long time on ubuntu the options from GNOME known were KDE & XFCE. I never knew about these distros.. now I feel i have some options to try on my netbook as well as Element, Moonwork on my desktop

By: gmeader3

gmeader3 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Touch (LinuxPad) distro needed.

Now we need an open-source clone of Apple\’s UIkit touch framework for native Linux (not Android,) so easy-to-use (iPhone-like) Linux-based gestural/touch apps can be written. Here\’s a start: http://parsekit.com/umekit/

Then a distro tailored for touch-screen tablets that are hardware clones of the iPad can be created. (tuxPad?)

By: unapreguntita

unapreguntita — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yo sumo a estas distros de Ubuntu una que estoy usando desde julio de 2009 y que me ha resultado muy satisfactoria, se trata de Lin-x 1.1 está basada en el tema de Apple Macos-x

Saludos

DG Martín Díaz Cortez

By: jeff_dickey

jeff_dickey — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I support several Linux desktop users, though I switched a while back to Mac for my day-to-day work (running a dozen different Linuxes in VMs). You\’ve given me two ideas for new distros to throw into VMs and test for a while; one of my guys has read about E and wants to try a distro that really uses it effectively, and WattOS may give Ubuntu Netbook Remix a run for its money. Thanks.

By: baristauno

baristauno — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for the nice round-up. I am currently using Lubuntu but tempted to try WattOS for its claimed power-saving features.

By: bofh999

bofh999 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I still do not understand why its so hard or even impossible to make one dtritibution with different options instead of tons of it

linux and opensource itself really really really needs consolidation.

By: jedmeister

jedmeister — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@bofh999 – That’s the problem with freedom, once you have it, you want to use it! :) From a newcomers perspective I can see the problem, but from a user’s perspective its all good I assure you. And IMO its actually not as fragmented on the inside as it looks from the outside; many of the apps and desktop environments, etc are found in most distros, its usually just the defaults and package management options that differ mainly.