In which order does it go (about distro's)

[cereal83]

Hey all.

I was wondering from easiest to hardest which distro would be easiest and which one is hardest and you should only use if you very good with linux?

I think it goes something like this but tell me if I am wrong

1.Mandrake
2. RedHat
3. Slackware
4. Suse
5FreeBSD

Now the list doesn't have to be long or anything but I was just wondering because when I am done playing with Fedora I wanna move onto another distro and wondering which one I should go with. I want to go one step at a time and this will help me. I also like to have a distro that comes with alot of software.

Thanks

[DerekKraan]

I've never used Suse, but it's based on Redhat, and so is Mandrake. I would say it goes something along the lines of this:

1. Xandros
2. Mandrake
3. RedHat(now Fedora)
---Other ones---
4. Debian
5. Slackware
6. Gentoo

Each distro has its ups and downs. Debian and Gentoo are my favourite, because they have the most excellent package management systems. Debian is very stable, and Gentoo is very bleeding edge. You install Gentoo completely from the command line however, so it is definately not the easiest one. FreeBSD isn't a linux distro, it's BSD. Feel free to try it though.

[hammer123]

Mandrake
Suse - but if you use this you go to hell
Debian
Fedora/Redhat
Slackware
Gentoo
Linux from Scratch

[cereal83]

Thanks for your quick reply's

So lets say I wanted to upgrade to something harder. Debian or slackware would probably be the way to go for a newbie?

I want to try most of the distro's and right now I think I can use use Fedora no problem and it's not a challange anymore. I think I will be upgrading soon. But download 6 Cd's (Debian) is kinda lot. I might look into slackware but I dunno if I am ready for it yet.

Thanks all

Any othe replies are welcomed

[The Bad Penny]

If you are interested in Debian,
Why not try MEPIS its based on Debian, and is getting some seriously good reviews in the Linux press

mepis.org

2 cd's but you can get by on 1 and then apt-get for the rest.

Hope this helps

TBP

[deathadder]

With Debian you do not need all the cd's, if you want to try it download the first cd and then use apt-get to install the rest. Or do what The Bad Penny said, even though I had problems with apt when I tried Mephis, it might have been sorted by now though.

[JsPr]

[i]Originally posted by hammer123[i]
Suse - but if you use this you go to hell

Care to elaborate on this? I use it and it's not that hot where I am

[hammer123]

no I do not care to elaborate. I will let people make their opinions about it and let it be known that I have never even used Suse. No one ever let me borrow a copy.

[Carl_1]

SuSe is free ftp.suse.com

[serz]

Originally posted by Carl_1
SuSe is free ftp.suse.com

No, not really. SuSE includes propietary software, that's why it's paid.

However, doing a ftp install you don't get that software.