What is the Broad Conclusion
I have tested as an average end users various distributions and concluded that RPM is better for Enterprise Usage. I personally does not feel good about Debian and Arc Distributions. Therefore after RPM my Choice is Sabayon.
A Mixed Gene which was born out of RPM is URPMI headed by Mandriva. Mageia, ROSA, PC-Linux-OS are the three distributions which are born out of Mandriva but performs better than Mandriva. I have tested all except Mageia in this gene. I eliminate Mandriva for its outdated features. ROSA is superb, but it is not installable on all machines. Therefore the only left linux in this gene is PC-Linux-OS.
My Suggestion:
Fedora is the best linux. However of late it is becoming like a free windows and hence I hate it
Manjaro is great - but still the features are not well tested by me & the commands are little difficult Unless we know unix, compilation and some coding, it is very difficult to use these linux
Going to Debian is suicidal and I do not like it. Hence the alternatives are PC-Linux-OS, Mageia & Sabayon.
Therefore after Fedora my choice based on my talent base and information is PC-Linux-OS if one wants some thing in RPM and Sabayon if one wants to go for Tar-Balls or Equo Commands/RIGO Package Manager
Sabayon 13.08:
I first attempted on Sabayon 6 and then on 7, after a break attempted on 11 & 13.04. I admired Sabayon for its ease of use and being in a position to be deployed readily. However the only problem was the initial updates are too large in size and the system slows down after one or two months.
Sabayon 13.08 removed this draw back.
It is now more speeder and is very less "updated" post release.
Sabayon is great in terms of stability, security & simplicity.
The commands of Sabayon are quite simple -
equo update -y
equo upgrade -y
equo install "Package or Application Names with space in between" -y
equo remove "Package or Application Names with space in between" -y
equo dist-upgrade -y
or you can use a tar-ball file, untar it and then with terminal use "make install" command and get the things done.
I admire Sabayon 13.08..
Pros
a) Stability, Security & Simplicity is guaranteed
b) Speed has improved a lot in 13.08 and hence we opine it would be retained as such
c) More Close to BSD
d) Rolling Release
e) Great Community Support
Cons
a) Compatibility Issues
b) Printer Supports are little bad
c) Wine Tweaking is not great
PC-Linux-OS
a) This is a rolling release available in RPM World. Fuduntu and Suse are other rolling releases.
b) This is the only RPM which supports all media file formats by default - Fedora, Suse, CENTOS, Mandriva & Mageia we have to use third party repos and apps to get the media played
c) More focused on PC & Laptops than Servers. Fedora, CENT-OS,etc are all having server focus and client focus. But PC-Linux-OS is more desktop focused and can be linked with any server - Windows, Mac, BSD, Solaris or Linux
d) The Default Environment is KDE, however XFCE & MATE Spins are available.
e) It is not benchmarked on any other OS. Therefore, it may not get spoiled due to some innovation on Windows Side.
Pros
a) Stability, Security & Simplicity is visible
b) Rolling Release
c) Good Printer Support
Cons
a) boring apt-get commands
b) Neither RPM nor Debian
c) No Gnome Desktop Environment
d) Libre-Office can have some issues at times
e) Outdated Kernel
f) Too Much Security Enhancement may create problems on mounting USB Disks (You may have to use Gparted and Mount the device on /local/fire, then only it would be mounted normally)
I have tested as an average end users various distributions and concluded that RPM is better for Enterprise Usage. I personally does not feel good about Debian and Arc Distributions. Therefore after RPM my Choice is Sabayon.
A Mixed Gene which was born out of RPM is URPMI headed by Mandriva. Mageia, ROSA, PC-Linux-OS are the three distributions which are born out of Mandriva but performs better than Mandriva. I have tested all except Mageia in this gene. I eliminate Mandriva for its outdated features. ROSA is superb, but it is not installable on all machines. Therefore the only left linux in this gene is PC-Linux-OS.
My Suggestion:
Fedora is the best linux. However of late it is becoming like a free windows and hence I hate it
Manjaro is great - but still the features are not well tested by me & the commands are little difficult Unless we know unix, compilation and some coding, it is very difficult to use these linux
Going to Debian is suicidal and I do not like it. Hence the alternatives are PC-Linux-OS, Mageia & Sabayon.
Therefore after Fedora my choice based on my talent base and information is PC-Linux-OS if one wants some thing in RPM and Sabayon if one wants to go for Tar-Balls or Equo Commands/RIGO Package Manager
Sabayon 13.08:
I first attempted on Sabayon 6 and then on 7, after a break attempted on 11 & 13.04. I admired Sabayon for its ease of use and being in a position to be deployed readily. However the only problem was the initial updates are too large in size and the system slows down after one or two months.
Sabayon 13.08 removed this draw back.
It is now more speeder and is very less "updated" post release.
Sabayon is great in terms of stability, security & simplicity.
The commands of Sabayon are quite simple -
equo update -y
equo upgrade -y
equo install "Package or Application Names with space in between" -y
equo remove "Package or Application Names with space in between" -y
equo dist-upgrade -y
or you can use a tar-ball file, untar it and then with terminal use "make install" command and get the things done.
I admire Sabayon 13.08..
Pros
a) Stability, Security & Simplicity is guaranteed
b) Speed has improved a lot in 13.08 and hence we opine it would be retained as such
c) More Close to BSD
d) Rolling Release
e) Great Community Support
Cons
a) Compatibility Issues
b) Printer Supports are little bad
c) Wine Tweaking is not great
PC-Linux-OS
a) This is a rolling release available in RPM World. Fuduntu and Suse are other rolling releases.
b) This is the only RPM which supports all media file formats by default - Fedora, Suse, CENTOS, Mandriva & Mageia we have to use third party repos and apps to get the media played
c) More focused on PC & Laptops than Servers. Fedora, CENT-OS,etc are all having server focus and client focus. But PC-Linux-OS is more desktop focused and can be linked with any server - Windows, Mac, BSD, Solaris or Linux
d) The Default Environment is KDE, however XFCE & MATE Spins are available.
e) It is not benchmarked on any other OS. Therefore, it may not get spoiled due to some innovation on Windows Side.
Pros
a) Stability, Security & Simplicity is visible
b) Rolling Release
c) Good Printer Support
Cons
a) boring apt-get commands
b) Neither RPM nor Debian
c) No Gnome Desktop Environment
d) Libre-Office can have some issues at times
e) Outdated Kernel
f) Too Much Security Enhancement may create problems on mounting USB Disks (You may have to use Gparted and Mount the device on /local/fire, then only it would be mounted normally)
Nice post with awesome points! Can’t wait for the next one.
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Hi
DeleteThanks, however my choice of hardware is never HP for my use as I was badly affected by the product's poor quality and after sales service
My Choices are:
No. 1 : IBM or Lenovo Business Series
No. 2 : Fujitsu
No. 3 : Toshibha
I do not like to go for HP, Acer, Dell or Other Brands
Thanks for the suggestion
Yours
VN