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Old 07-14-08   #1 (permalink)
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Default Next Best, to Ubuntu

I have used Ubuntu quite a lot

I am looking for another Distro


What is the most common linux distro next to Ubuntu?
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I love Suse. Try it out.

www.opensuse.org
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right-hand side, column of popularity for *nix distros
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Suse and Fedora are usually considered the other popular user friendly distros.

If you're looking to dive deeper into the linux system workings then maybe try out Arch.
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Fedora and Suse. I personally prefer Mint over them
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I personally prefer Mint over them
Mint is very good, although it pretty much = Ubuntu.
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ok well openSUSE I think is next


Which order should I install Vista, Ubuntu and SUSE?

so I can triple boot
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