Version of Linux I should get...

I'm a CS major and I just realized something tragic: I know nothing about Linux. So, I've decided that during this summer, I shall reformat my hard drive and install a dual-boot of Linux and Windows XP (emoticon edition. Not to be confused with Windows XD). Anyhow, I need to decide what to install. I know some people who have had good luck with Debian, and I know a guy who has gotten insane errors with Gentoo that he claims nobody on the Gentoo message boards had ever seen before. However, Gentoo looks all pretty and shiny, but I'm pretty sure that I've read that Debian has a stable version out.

Anyhow, keeping all this in mind, I want to know what sort of Linux you of the 4chan programming board would advise me to get. I imagine that this thread will probably dissolve into a flame war about ephemeral characteristics about each version that make it "better" such as "Only noobs use Gentoo!" or "Redhat sucks!" or perhaps "Real men use Debian!" But! In the moment between the first posting of this and the eruption of a flame war, I imagine that information might be able to be gleaned upon the subject by me. So, thanks ahead of time.

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>>43
Fuck off.

What I suggest is to get a large flash drive to store all your files, and try any OS. Don't like it/ it crashes, put in a live disk, get files onto flash drive, wipe install, try again.

What i suggest is to STOP NECRO BUMPING!

IHBT

>>46
HMA

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>>45
Do you realize the person that you are making a suggestion to has probably already passed away?

>>50
lolol is ur dof ded
U MENA HASKAL

>>51
HASKAL
mailto:unsafePerformIO

Slackware. Like Ed is the standard editor, Slackware is the standard Linux.

>>51
dof is ded baby. dof is ded.

>>53
Slackware is disgusting garbage without a proper package manager.

>>53
When I install a Linux distribution, I don't want eight extra GIGABYTES of worthless graphical IDEs and package management facilities! I just want a KERNEL!!
Not a "Slackware". Not a "Ubuntu". Those don't even make SENSE!!!!
LFS! LFS! LFS IS THE STANDARD!!!

>>56
not this shit again

>>56
When I install an Operating System, I don't want 256 extra KILOBYTES of worthless BIOS and KERNEL facilities! I just want a RAM stick!

Not a "GRUB". Not a "Harddisk". Those don't even make Sense!!!!
RAM! RAM! RAM IS THE STANDARD!!!

>>58
It's {b X}! {b.u X}! {b.u.i {o X} IS THE STANDARD}!!!

>>1-60

I'M KOREAN
SON OF A BITCH LINUX
LINUX IS PIG
DO YOU WANT NO DRIVERS?
DO YOU WANT NO GAMES?
LINUX IS PIG DISGUSTING
RICHARD MATTHEW STALLMAN IS A MURDERER
FUCKING FREEBSD

>>60
>>>/v/

>>59

b.i.o.u is the standard, for obvious reasons, it's modular enough to allow an easy transition into m.i.o.u

>>62
biou is also in alphabetical order.

>>62,63
For >>59, ibuo is the standard:

IBUO! IBUO! IBUO IS THE STANDARD


buio for ENTERPRISE GRADE {expert} TAGS

I use biuo because I feel it goes from most important BBCode tag to least.

I use BUIO because I still use QWERTY. H^I_BT?

>>65
yes i agree, but in practice i tend to go for biuo for some reason...

i think the reason is that as i hit the "i" key with my index finger, my natural inclination is to roll to hit the "o" with my middle finger and so that's how it comes out

>>67
er..biou

{expert}JAVA/C++{/expert}