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I want to dabble with Linux again, but I'm unsure of which distro I should install.
I've used Ubuntu in the past, but I thought I might want to try Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon .
I have a removable hard drive bay, so I plan on installing this on spare drive.
So the question is which one should I install? Any input would be appreciated.
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I've a couple of considerations for you. But first decide your hardware constraints. If trying to get more life out of an older netbook or laptop you'll want one of the 'less filling, great taste" distros.
If you want an "interesting" distro I'll recommend trying Kali. It's Debian based, meaning very mainstream. According to this
link now has GNU radio already included.
If you're going to load it on a chromebook you'll want one of the distros specific to that hardware.
Phurba has it right about who uses what. But I break it down this way:
Running lite: get a debian based distro for the hardware you've got.
Running for ham: look at the ham apps you want and get a distro that they give examples for.
Running for professional reasons: get a RHEL derived distro.
For example I'm looking at getting a couple of older NUCs like boxes to load
OEL.
Why? Because everyday at work I'm working with lots of Solaris/RHEL/OEL systems. And a couple of SUSE's that slipped in the backdoor. And I'm interested in developing an expertise in
Puppet
BTW: my home PC runs Ubuntu. Still at 12.04 LTS. I need to decide to move to the next long term release.
I3-2100/4GB ram/GT250 nvidia video. Currently 3 Firefox windows each with 4-12 tabs open and I could still fire up World of Warcraft via wine though if I was going into an action heavy sequence I'd probably shutdown a few tabs.