Linux

I use Xubuntu 12.04 on my rig although I have it dual booted with Windows at the moment as I am not quite ready to make the full leap to get all my gaming on the Linux system. I have had EvE running fine on it though.

I have branched out more recently though to try newer harder linuxes to give myself a challenge.

from sysinfo:

SYSTEM INFORMATION
Running Ubuntu Linux, the Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) release.
GNOME: unknown (unknown)
Kernel version: 3.2.0-30-generic (#48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 24 16:52:48 UTC 2012)
GCC: 4.6 (x86_64-linux-gnu)
Xorg: 1.11.3 (04 August 2012 01:51:23AM) (04 August 2012 01:51:23AM)
Hostname: matt-64-ubuntu
Uptime: 0 days 21 h 51 min

CPU INFORMATION
GenuineIntel, Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
Number of CPUs: 4
CPU clock currently at 2403.000 MHz with 4096 KB cache
Numbering: family(6) model(15) stepping(11)
Bogomips: 4800.15
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority

MEMORY INFORMATION
Total memory: 3954 MB
Total swap: 19077 MB

GRAPHIC CARD
VGA controller
NVIDIA Corporation GF116 [GeForce GTX 550 Ti] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 2610

NVIDIA GRAPHIC CARD INFORMATION
Model name: unknown
Card Type: unknown 16x
Video RAM: 1024 MB
GPU Frequency: 50 MHz
Driver version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 295.40 Thu Apr 5 21:37:00 PDT 2012


until recently i have had no issues, multiboxing up to 5 clients (dual monitor setup).
Latest updates (kernel and or Wine) are giving me a lot of trouble (see thread i posted about that)


cheers
BB

Gentoo since 1.4
Because it work and can be fixed... I did not reinstall since i got my first athlon 64 3000+ with 1M L2 (that install survived so many hardware change)

Cpu : amd phenom x6 1055t @ 4ghz
Ram : 16gb ddr2
Swap : 0 bit
Cg radeon 4870hd

Currently use oss drivers.

Would give more info but i'm on my phone and gcc is taxing all his arm juice so slow as hell ;)

Started with Kubuntu, hopped around different distros over 3 years, still ended up on Kubuntu. KDE for life.

The primary differences between different Linux distributions is actually very small. They use about 5 different package management systems. They run slightly different kernel tweaks. They have different lists packages available for different platforms. They are paid for in different ways, and sometimes cost money. Some take firm stances on proprietary software. So you base your decisions on a couple of these choices.

In the first point of package managers, I find that deb is a better format than RPM for a variety of reasons. Ease of use, it's method of making build files, the flexibility it has in overwrites and dependencies, it's default way of handling config files. So, I most likely want a Debian package manager rather than a Redhat method.

Kernel tweaks vary quite a bit, so this is a personal decision, I chose Ubuntu's, as it is generally near stock Linux.

The two with the largest package base is Red Hat, with Ubuntu and the rest of the debian style ones in second.

For the RPM model, you have some choices: RedHat costs money, Fedora is free, CentOS is free. But some packages assume the paid version of RedHat, which can cause for some interesting conflicts. Ubuntu and Mint are free and have the ability to use PPAs, supplying far more packages.

In fact, Mint is based off Ubuntu to supply more proprietary packages out of the box. I prefer a package system that stays out of that arena, primarily so they are not subject to law suits, so I prefer Ubuntu for this.

Finally, there is a heavy advantage to running the same distribution that everyone else is running. Primarily, when you have an issue, someone else out there most likely had that issue as well, and posted about it. Not to mention that if the movement founders, you have someone to take up the cause.

I use Ubuntu professionally and personally, and I highly recommend it. But in the end, you try a couple distributions, and if one fails you, you look elsewhere for awhile. For instance, I've written off CentOS and Fedora as being too difficult to maintain as a desktop, but Ubuntu is dead simple. (Once you disable Unity. `8r/ )

Just my POV on the subject. In the end, Linux is Linux. Everything else is just package managements on top of it.

Nice i came here to find out if Ubuntu was gonna work with eve, and this forum pretty much answered my questions.

I hope to be up and running again in a couple weeks. o/

For 10 years i am linux user. I went from Mandriva to Fedora, then gentoo and debian etc. Now I use Xubuntu - this is conscious solution - big repository - good realize strategy, store (I have bought Limbo recently :) etc.

But I must say - that without debian experience it would be hard for me to use Ubuntu - I like perfection - so console/compilation (wine fe.) is sometimes a must :)