Linux Distributions Reviewed by Me

Ubuntu - THE BEST and most stable distro. I rarely found a bug while using it. Installation of programs is easy. The best part is the Ubuntu installer which can be used even by a 6 yr old. Ease of use and solid online support are its pros. New versions (after 9.04) boot very fast. Rating: 9/10

Linux mint - Good distro, all media plug-ins are pre-installed and has the stability of Ubuntu. Rating: 8/10

Mandriva- The distro I prefer after Ubuntu. Control Panel provided is good. Network Manager is fabulous. Media plug-ins are pre-installed. Software installer is not good. Rating: 7/10

Slackware – Nothing to like in it. Still with LILO (no GRUB). Rating: 5/10

Debian - Stable but lacking in features. Nothing special about it. Can’t be called a modern distro. Rating: 6/10

Opensuse - No good after version 10.3, because of the KDE4 which crashes frequently. Rating: 7/10

Vixta – One word-Crap. Rating: 3/10

Belenix - Not good, boot time is too high and there is nothing special about it. Rating: 5/10

Linpus Lite – Good for netbooks only. Rating: 4/10

Puppy - Amazing distro with all media plug-ins and useful programs pre-installed.Very good for old machines. Rating: 8/10

Fedora - I never liked fedora. Rating: 7/10

Slitaz – Great Linux – I’d say the best tiny Linux present. Less than 30mb with all useful programs and plug-ins installed!! Default theme and desktop look is also good. Has Firefox pre-installed. Rating: 9/10

Tinycore – Very small at 8mb but practically unusable. Rating: 3/10

PCLinuxOS – Bad looks and nothing special in it. Rating: 4/10

SimplyMepis – Average distro. Nothing special in it. Rating: 6/10

DreamLinux – It has a lightweight desktop manager (XFCE) with a Mac-like dock on bottom of the desktop. Is quite fast and also detects other OS and drives easily. Nice control panel. All media plug-ins are pre-installed. Rating: 7/10

Slax - Lightweight KDE applications with nice customized Firefox theme, but not with a one click installer and still with LILO (no GRUB). Rating: 6/10

Sabayon – Sabayon 4 was a very good distro with many bulky games pre-installed. The only con would be the slow boot time. Now, Sabayon 5 has the best implementation of KDE4.3 so far. Rating: 8/10