Top Ten Alternative Linux Distro's 2011/12....It's Time Again....

[lin545]

FreeNAS is bad compared to OpenMediaVault. While ZFS may sound nice, it is evil due to licensing. OMV is more advanced, linux powered, has support for all linux filesystems and very easy to set up. OMV is actually rewrite of Freenas.

[MyNameIsBucket]

I have an Athlon laptop from around 2004. I installed the latest Ubuntu and it doesn't have support for my wireless. Which distro would be best? I was thinking Puppy but I can't decide between Racy, Wary or vanilla.

[sneekylinux]

@MyNameIsBucket did you install it or just try the live cd??

[MyNameIsBucket]

@sneekylinux Not that it would matter, but I installed it. I had a wired connection and it couldn't find drivers for the wireless. It seems to be an Atheros card, but multiple modules were unsuccessful.

[sneekylinux]

@MyNameIsBucket to be honest,never had that prob myself, but most wireless drivers are supported unless u are very unlucky, let me know how yo get on..

[MyNameIsBucket]

@sneekylinux Really? You haven't heard of any wireless support issues in Linux? I want to live on your planet.

[sneekylinux]

@MyNameIsBucket i didn't say that did i but there is always a way.

[poojkhgf]

What exactly is meant by "Alternative linux Distro's" as apposed to more mainstream like ubuntu? and have you done a Mainstream top 10 then?

[sneekylinux]

@poojkhgf i di do a long time ago, but maybe it's time for a new one

[TheBrownSys]

@sneekylinux No really...Alternative to what?

One example?

Thanks

[sneekylinux]

@TheBrownSys the mainstream distro's of linux

[exeonarch]

This video makes me proud to be British... :D

[jesusmcamargo]

I always watch your videos to keep up with the plethora of linux distros. Thanks

[rsvidzx]

i really like your vids, keep it up!

[sneekylinux]

@rsvidzx thank you mate

[0PongLenis]

ever tried arch ?

[TheGuyGoing]

do u speak cockney?

[TheLastFoiter]

Ok so how did your friend get Bodhi Linux to boot on (armv7?) tablets? HOW PLEASE LINK ME!!!

[sneekylinux]

@TheLastFoiter its in alpha still but you can see it in action if you pop over to the site

[TeruMikami5432]

@sneekylinux Bodhi in alpha? i think thats a lie

[sneekylinux]

@TeruMikami5432 no its not a lie,the tablet version is in alpha, pop over to the site and see for yourself mate

[TeruMikami5432]

@sneekylinux o.o ur right, it wasnt a lie like the cake

[TheCombo101]

Thanks for the video! This will help me a lot in distro hunting! I'm already eyeing on you aptosid, macpup, and racy...

[morgohill]

haiku and free nas not linux but i'm not downing still cool

[sneekylinux]

@morgohill so true but they are alternative...

[MrOne2watch]

nice list, haven't heard of some of those...

time to download ! lol

[TheGeo913]

Bravo sneeky! Great man XD I'm with sneekyboy in that I ALSO use aptosid as my main distro! Yeah it hasen't given me any problems since I installed it like 6 months ago other then the Openshot problem that I had. But it's working now :) I really want to try Puppy and Tinycore now! Install them on a pen drive or sd card mate :)

[SystemEquation]

I'll take a pint of Puppy Linux and Linux Mint, thank you very much.

[Snajork]

I'm here stalking gotbletu. :P

[ganjacasper]

ok lol i finish watching this video so to the right hand side i saw the word sneekylinux an i'm seeing a windows pc so i say to my self sneeky using windows now !!!! click on that video an it was the most sick person i ever heard like wth

[sneekylinux]

@ganjacasper not used microsoft for a long while say 5 years, so dont know what your on about

[ganjacasper]

@sneekylinux nope some fool did a parody about you

[sneekylinux]

@ganjacasper ahh you mean young thomas, pinch of salt mate

[memoivoila]

My favourite time of the year. :)

[OmenX13]

Great collection of distros sneeky, And thanks for the heads up on Puppy and Wary....I have had them both running on an old Pentium machine that my brother was getting rid of and was really surprised an how stable and fast they both run...

[icyos]

Hey Sneeks cracking vid mate and nothing i can disagree with think you pretty much nailed it, your number 1 choice is spot on and now we have the pae kernels for the bigger ram machines its just untouchable, see you soon mate for another wicked Icy Comment........giggle.

[jerrytaichi]

Always look forward to your reviews mate, thanks for your vids. Really want Haiku to get out of alpha stage before I install, very interesting though.

[bamdadkhan]

how old is sneekyboy?

[sneekylinux]

@bamdadkhan he is seven

[bamdadkhan]

@sneekylinux wow. seven and using aptosid. he sure is something. :)

[sneekylinux]

@bamdadkhan mind you he will prob change again if skylander linux comes out...lol

[daandegraaf9]

here's my tip for installing austrumi: install it twice! I have no idea why, but for some reason the installer works perfectly after it has crashed the first time. Hope this helps

[MrLgie]

Have you tried elementary os? That and crunchbang are probably my favourite alternative distro. Austrumi looks interesting. Thanks for the vids, great channell, top stuff!

[sneekylinux]

@MrLgie iv'e tried em all mate

[zip33909]

@MrLgie +1 for CrunchBang. I triple boot Linux Mint 12, CrunchBang 10 Statler and Linux Mint Debian. I've been using CrunchBang for about 6 months now and really like it a lot. Lightweight, fast and very stable!!

[TerminalSandu]

im surprised you didnt gava al first 3 places to puppy :D

[sneekylinux]

@TerminalSandu would be being biased wouldn' t it man....lol :)

[HiddenAbilities]

Awesome! These distros look interesting. #1 being *not spoiling for viewers*, that was unexpected but understandable :D it is an awesome distro.

[sneekylinux]

@HiddenAbilities hey mate, i do this because i want to, not for anything else, extra viewers would be nice and doing mainstream distro's would get me there, but i love these smaller and more obscure one,s as sometimes you see a lot more innovation.

[HiddenAbilities]

@sneekylinux This is true. I also enjoy smaller distros over bigger ones.