We're curious to know what distributions everyone is using, and what you like about them. What makes a distribution a winner (or a loser), in your opinion?
Sorry if your favorite distro isn't listed, 10 choices is the max for poll creation

Thanks!
Do your scripts[customized] work to make a Gentoo LiveCD/LiveDVD like they do for Slackware to make porteus?fanthom wrote: that's why few years ago i switched to Gentoo.
Gentoo gives you a bit less of freedom (you can still break package deps but it requires messing with portage configs) but updating is as easy as two commands: "emerge --sync && emerge -vDuN world"
job done.
Gentoo compiles all packages from sources so you can be nearly 100% sure that apps will be working as expected.
My vote goes for Gentoo(not listed so picking "Other" category).
Tonio, thank you for your suggestion. I have installed KerTeX for porteus. It works almost perfectly on my TeX document, but, as I expected, Japanese characters cannot be shown in the output. As far as I know, Japanese TeX documents can be handled only by TeX systems specially localized for Japanese. I look forward KerTex supporting UTF-8.Tonio wrote:@kaz would you mind testing KerTeX module(s) for porteus?
Thank you kaz for your report. I can forward a request to tlaronde as for supporting UTF-8 on next builds of kerTeX. I had heard of vine linux a few years ago on distrowatch. Now, it seems that Berry Linux based on Fedora is a specialized distro for Japanese users, I don't know of others at this time. UTF-8 support only? will copy this message to kerTeX thread to keep it going.kaz wrote:Tonio, thank you for your suggestion. I have installed KerTeX for porteus. It works almost perfectly on my TeX document, but, as I expected, Japanese characters cannot be shown in the output. As far as I know, Japanese TeX documents can be handled only by TeX systems specially localized for Japanese. I look forward KerTex supporting UTF-8.Tonio wrote:@kaz would you mind testing KerTeX module(s) for porteus?
I am not sure whether UTF-8 support solves the prolblem of Japanese TeX, but anyway please forward my message to KerTeX developers.Tonio wrote: I can forward a request to tlaronde as for supporting UTF-8 on next builds of kerTeX. I had heard of vine linux a few years ago on distrowatch. Now, it seems that Berry Linux based on Fedora is a specialized distro for Japanese users, I don't know of others at this time. UTF-8 support only? will copy this message to kerTeX thread to keep it going.
Tonio -- remember, flattery will get you nowhere. Unless you're flattering me, that is. So, where would you like to go?Tonio wrote:kaz wrote:Tonio wrote:
Glad that Voting here is not the same as the big elections coming in November. If I could vote for one person that can be POTUS, I would vote for Ahau
Since brokenman and fanthom don't qualify as per the US Constitution. Sorry for big Off topic Drift!
I posted this because we can trust you to do the right thing. I cannot say that for the person that is in Washington DC at this timeAhau wrote: Tonio -- remember, flattery will get you nowhere. Unless you're flattering me, that is. So, where would you like to go?![]()
No problem about excluding *BSDs, some folks may feel upset that NetBSD and OpenBSD are not present!btw guys, I didn't mean to exclude BSD, so feel free to chime in if you like BSD. It was tough only having 10 choices -- really I think the core of the matter is why you like the distros you do, so we get a good sense of what people want.
Yes, for now TeX is 8bits meaning that one has to convert UTF-8 to the
expected 8bits "codepage".
UTF-8 for kerTeX is planned after 1.0 release.
Cheers,
not at the moment but it should be possible with some tweaks.Tonio wrote:Do your scripts[customized] work to make a Gentoo LiveCD/LiveDVD like they do for Slackware to make porteus?
I know that Gentoo is a source based distribution somewhat like FreeBSD but with the linux kernel. But a LiveCD does not need to do any compilingfanthom wrote:not at the moment but it should be possible with some tweaks.Tonio wrote:Do your scripts[customized] work to make a Gentoo LiveCD/LiveDVD like they do for Slackware to make porteus?
Please remember that Gentoo requires compilation from sources of every single app - it requires strong CPU so i would never release it as live CD.