I have had little problem with operating systems. I haven’t found any I could like or use. After Ubuntu 9.10 lost it’s support, and next versions of *buntu distros were all bloated and ugly. Back then I did not have needed knowhow to use other linux or unix systems, so I stuck back to Windows. Anyway I have been experimenting with different OS’s for while now, NetBSD(I can’t get X working), FreeBSD(I can’t get gpu drivers working), Mint(bloated), Xubuntu(still bloated and xfce is terrible) and Haiku(which seems nice but is still heavily incomplete). Only operating system I could get working and bear was Debian Squeeze, because it still have lovely gnome 2, only desktop environment I ever have liked.Debian works relative fast even on my Thinkpad T42. And on a newer computer & SSD it is absolutely fast as speed of light(well electricity “moves” bit slower in copper than c, about 70% of it, and processors aren’t even that fast), booting process takes a few seconds after the kernel is loaded:
One thing in Debian that pisses me of is artwork it comes with, probably graphic designers are from kindergarten or have very bad taste, stars and rockets, really?
I made bit better svg picture from free wallpaper I found from internet and official debian svg logo.
And the desktop, gnome 2 is great, but gnome icons aren’t, I changed them to stylish Faenza icon set. Now I just hope that Debian and gnome 2 is someway supported still next couple years, at least so long that this new Metro and Unity “‘Pretty’ tablet UI over usability” craze is over or so do I hope…