Which Linux distributions do you use?

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Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle

I feel like we now have several threads about the ifs, whens, and whys of porting the DS to linux. As answered before, it is technically doable, but the testing and support effort need to be considered as well.

I think this thread about the variety of distributions in use acts as an interesting data point. Which distribution(s) would the DS target?

Greg McKaskle

I proposed for the 2015 control system that instead of trying to pick a distribution to install on top of, that perhaps FIRST should 'own' a distribution to create a foundation for their own.

In the spirit of Edubuntu and the like: Other-educational-systems.

There is obviously a set of relationships to somewhat narrow choices:
RedHat, CentOS, Fedora
Debian Linux, CrunchBang, Ubuntu, Mint

Then there's possibly just as important a question as to what graphical shell (window manager) is a better choice.
Really also a question of whether FIRST considers Qt(with the possible commercial entanglement) or something else.

In any event, because FIRST would need to train people I figure they need at least some assurance that there is some consistency and that may best be served by 'owning' a fork. Just as Mint has come up a frequent choice in this topic yet it is derived from Ubuntu.