Just a quick note to tell you all that I’ve started experimenting with Sun Microsystem’s Virtual Box as a way to try out other distros of Linux that I find interesting. This allows me the opportunity to test them out, play around and see if I run into any issues before committing to installing one of them to my regular production machine.
Admittedly, I’m probably behind the curve on this as a lot of folks have been doing this already. However, not all distros come as a LiveCD for testing so this virtual environment scenario will allow me to give them a go without wiping my base Linux installation of Linux Mint 8.
So far, I’m pretty stoked about this as I really liked trying out different distros from time to time. I’m going to follow this up soon with more details on my experience with VirtualBox.
I’d appreciate any input from you folks on a good distro to try too. At this time, I have CentOS 5.4 and CrunchBang Linux 9.04.01 lined up for starters. What others would you recommend?
Scott Wilson is an avid Linux user who enjoys testing different distro's of Linux from time to time, the occasional SciFi show and classic rock music. He's also an avid supporter of Open Source software and an Auburn Tigers fan.
