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09-23-2008, 09:37 AM
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Nicest looking distro
Not sure if anybody has done a thread like this already, but which distro do you think is the nicest looking? I have tried a few flavours of linux now, although I'm still a beginner in administration of it and everything.
Here is the list of distros I have tried.
Ubuntu
Kubuntu
Mandriva
DSL
PCLinuxOS
Everybody says Ubuntu is the best distro for the beginner, and I have to agree that its very easy to use.
Although my favourite looking one is Mandriva. Very colourful and clean  |
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09-25-2008, 09:16 AM
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Fedora or Suse for me. In general you have either KDE or Gnome as your window environment and they can both be skinned on any distro, so the best looking isn't really too big an issue any more, just download the themes for them if you want to say simulate Leopard (not sure why you would want to in my opinion though).
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09-25-2008, 09:17 AM
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Somebody mentioned Linux XP Desktop 2008 to me. It looks great, but nothing on the site works. Anyone heard of it?
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10-16-2008, 02:40 PM
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I think the best default theme for gnome is Fedora's, simple and elegant.
Saying that, I've heard the Ubuntu team are going to put a lot more focus on creating a window environment to rival Mac OSX Leopard.. we shall see what they come up with....
Last edited by <h1> : 10-16-2008 at 02:58 PM.
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10-17-2008, 05:51 AM
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There is a distro which uses the object dock like in Mac OSX, can't remember what it's called now.
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10-20-2008, 02:19 PM
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Personally, I go for personality, rather than looks, in which case Debian is the one for me.
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04-25-2009, 07:48 PM
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Sabayon, Mint & Fedora were the first three that came to mind for looks, fresh after install. (sabayon got hit with the ugly stick in 3.5, but before and after, gorgeous)
but looks can be changed pretty easy.
slax is also a bit of a looker. oh, and puppy had a facelift recently too right?
and slitaz, a desktop distro under 30mb, and it looks THAT good!? pretty sweet huh? mmmm how i love Slitaz
granular has it's own little charms.
gOS, has a unique look, using a nicely preconfigured e17.
i dont have time to list all i've used.... many.
many many many.
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05-10-2009, 09:47 PM
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I have tried Ubuntu, LiveKnoppix and Mandriva. I prefer Mandriva's look over all others that I have seen, and they have good hardware compatability. But Ubuntu is very easy to learn, yes.
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08-26-2009, 04:35 AM
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The distro with the "Mac-like" object dock is called DreamLinux.
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