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12-14-2005, 11:36 PM
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Linux??
Well boys i need a little help here since i dont know much about linux and i want to take full advantage out of it, first of all i have in cds this versions of linux: SuSe 9.2 and Red Hat 7.3 both are good but i only installed suse ones in my pc to try it, i know all components went together without a problem but since im getting a new i rig i want to run linux with this one so i would like to know what u guys will recomend for a starter i dont know much but i want to learn i have SuSe 9.2 and RH 7.3 i can also download the freeversion of fedora core 4 (i heard a core 5 came out) or mandriva or any other recomended so what would u recomend ???
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12-15-2005, 07:50 AM
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Come in Ray...
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Personally, I run Ubuntu Linux. It detected all of my hardware and has everything I need, so there was very little headache setting it up. Took me about a day or two to get all the packages I needed (MP3, etc.) but since then it has been smooth sailing.
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12-15-2005, 08:44 AM
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RH 7.3 is ancient in linux terms and I would not recommend using that. If you like suse, you can download suse 10.0 from here(5 cds):
http://www.opensuse.org/Released_Version Suse is primarlily kde oriented while RH/fedora and ubuntu are gnome oriented. Kde and gnome are different guis commonly used by linux distros. If you want to use kde for your desktop, I would stay away from either ubuntu or fedora, they both implement kde poorly, especially fedora. Mandriva is more kde oriented and worth a look as well. |
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12-15-2005, 09:07 AM
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Come in Ray...
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Kubuntu is actually the KDE based Ubuntu Linux distro (freely available to download from Ubuntu's site). The founder of Ubuntu runs this this distro as opposed to the Gnome based Ubuntu and it is supported just as well.
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12-15-2005, 09:43 AM
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Ok im understanding i want to be sure what to get i have suse 9.2 and its only 1cd why 10.1 is 5 and i wanna know what is more usefull mandriva or suse or fedora? im just a bigginer and want to know about linux.hat do u recomend?
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12-15-2005, 12:15 PM
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Come in Ray...
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It's hard to say which is more useful. Most people try several flavors of Linux before they find one they like. I did. I would just encourage you to give all the ones you are curious about a try and see which one you like the best.
Noteable newbie friendly ones are: Ubuntu, Mandriva, and Suse (granted I have never tried Suse). |
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