# Convince me to use your favorite Linux or BSD distribution.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-use-your-favorite-linux-or-bsd-distribution/437458>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 13, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-use-your-favorite-linux-or-bsd-distribution/437458 "2008-02-13T18:12:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-use-your-favorite-linux-or-bsd-distribution/437458/21 "2008-02-14T15:01:13Z")

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[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect]  
On the plus side, I found some cool Live CD distributions: [SystemRescueCd](http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page) (which is pretty much what it sounds like)  
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This is my goto tool when I have to diagnose/fix a Windows machine at work. At least part of it is just my familiarity with \*nix tools, but IMHO it’s indispensible.

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