Linux OS reviews - an insight

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List of Open Source OS Tried by me

S. No.	Linux OS	Pros	Cons
1	Ubuntu V. 10.04. 10.10, 11.04 & 11.10 Debian	Ease of Use, Great Screen Resolution and have more windows compatibility Least in Size – CD & USB Supported The default applications are sufficient for home & office use.	Not Stable. Initial Speed is lost over a period of time
2	Mandriva V 10.2 Debian	Windows 7 Like Desktop Environment, Ease of use The default applications are sufficient for office use. Plug-ins needed for home use	Not windows compatible like Ubuntu. Updating & Upgrading is a problem 1.6 GB – downloading the OS itself is a problem
3	Fedora 15 & 16 Red Hat	Gnome – Look & Feel is great KDE – Windows 7 Like Look Easy to use	Not Windows compatible. Except for the programs in repositories, installing from other sources is cumbersome. Default Applications are not sufficient like Ubuntu or Mandriva
4	BOSS V. 4 Debian	Windows Like Look Mandriva Like Operating Environment	4.5 GB Size – Downloading is a big problem. Not compatible for all laptops
5	YLMF Debian	Windows XP Environment Easy to use	Unstable Not compatible for all laptops
6	MEPIS Debian	Same like Mandriva – but the graphics are not good	Same as Mandriva
7	CENTOS Red Hat	Simple, Safe, Secure & Stable OS.	Default Applications are not sufficient Not windows compatible
8	Open Suse Suse	Gnome Environment Look & Feel is highly professional Default Applications are sufficient for home and office use	All drivers are not supported. Not sure of windows compatibility 4.5 GB – Downloading is a problem
9	Sabayon Gentoo	Soothing Desktop Environment The default applications are sufficient for office use.	Not windows compatible. Updating & Upgrading is a problem Further installation of apps is a great problem. 1.6 GB – downloading the OS itself is a problem
10	Linux Mint V 11 & 12 Debian	Perfect Windows Replacement.	Have the same issues as Ubuntu in terms of stability
11	Backtrack V5	Speed, Secure and Stable OS Has the best Wine Has 12 sets of audit tools - one can learn CISA & CEH practically	Not for newbie
12	Fubuntu Fedora + Ubuntu Mix	Easy to use Google Focused and hence easy on-line usage. Has VLC and hence plays MP3 and MP4, DVD, etc.,	Not having off-line productivity
13	g-OS Debian	Google Apps focused. Easy to use and is better than Fubuntu theoretically	I could not install and use
14	Chromium OS Gentoo	Highly resourceful OS, theoretically most superior	I could not install and use

My Personal Ranking:

Rank	OS	Remarks
1	Linux Mint	Easy to use, Speedy and best Linux Distribution with all needed applications and plug-ins. Perfect Windows Replacement
2	Fedora	Secure and Stable OS. Easy to use and has the best Hardware Support. However windows applications will not run on it and if one tries he would go mad. Fit for those who are disciplined and want to go out of Windows completely
3	Fubuntu	Easy to install and use. Best for those who want Google based OS
4	Ubuntu	Best for those who want support and windows compatibility
5	Back Track	Best of IT Professionals and System Auditors. Difficult to use for a newbie. Yet I consider this to be best in terms of speed and stability. Of course the security is the best
6	Open Suse	Best of Networking and allied functions. Stable and Secure OS but 100% not friendly with windows applications
7	Sabayon	Best OS with perfect set of default applications for home and office use. However the number of applications is not like Linux Mint. Theoretically a strong and better OS but my test did not produced the results
8	BOSS	For those who want to be Truly Indian, otherwise same as Ubuntu

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 (as told by Mr. V Narayanan)