|
|||||||
 |
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | Rate Thread | Display Modes |
09-05-2003, 06:24 PM
|
#1 |
|
Banned
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Toronto
Posts: 298
|
Best version of Linux?
I have decided that I need to be familiar with Linux.Can anyone suggest the best version of Linux to start with please?Thanks much....
Jusme |
|
|
|
09-05-2003, 06:30 PM
|
#2 |
|
Member (7 bit)
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 84
 |
there are many different versions all that are good for different things. Both Gentoo and Debian are very stable good systems. So i would recommend one of them. If u dont want to install a version onto ur computer. There is a version call peanut which can be run off of a cd. Im not sure about the stabablility of it. Another relatively good system is Red hat. All these can be download. Although i know that they are very large files and if u arent running broadband it is almost impossible to download. Red hat is availible retail for 30 dollars i think. So there are ur main options.
Swimmfree200 |
|
|
|
|
09-05-2003, 06:37 PM
|
#3 |
|
Member (11 bit)
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Mexico
Posts: 1,049
 |
I have tried Redhat and Mandrake and I perfer Mandrake... the instalation if painless...
But when it comes down to linux everyone seems to have a favorite... |
|
|
|
|
09-05-2003, 07:07 PM
|
#4 |
|
Banned
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Toronto
Posts: 298
|
K...which version has the best driver support?
|
|
|
|
|
09-05-2003, 08:31 PM
|
#5 |
|
Member (9 bit)
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Atwater Mn. USA
Posts: 429
|
Hi,
RedHat, Mandrake, and SuSe probably have the best "hardware" detection of the bunch. The install with any of those is pretty painless. As easy as Windows for the most part. Just read the documentation, and ask questions before installing to ease your mind about possible problems. Remember, this ain't your mom's Windows  ! Just a quick disclaimer about Debian and Gentoo. They are both awesome distro's. I've used Debian myself. But the installs can be daunting to someone not familiar with Linux and how it works. It's not impossible, you can do it if you choose to. But you will definatly spend a fair number of hours reading and studying docs and how-tos to be successful with it. Any distro you choose will be fine. They all work the same in the end. Only the eye candy tends to be different. And even how it looks is totally up to you in the end!! HTH, OOPS!
__________________
If you think you understand what's going on. Then you haven't been paying attention. |
|
|
|
|
09-05-2003, 08:51 PM
|
#6 |
|
Member (10 bit)
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Nottingham UK or Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Posts: 600
  |
if you are just getting in to Linux like me.........im gonna try Knoppix.
runs from a CD, doesnt harm the HDD! SWEET! |
|
|
|
|
09-05-2003, 09:08 PM
|
#7 |
|
Banned
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Toronto
Posts: 298
|
K...thanks all...think I'll jump into the fray with Red Hat
)
|
|
|
|
|
09-16-2003, 12:58 AM
|
#8 |
|
Member (9 bit)
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Illinois
Posts: 260
|
I got mandrake 9.1 its pretty good its a learning process because the only os i've ever known has been windows.
I also have knoppix its also pretty good and it boots of a cd and is about 700mb so thats good to try out saves you installing time and burnning 3 cd's. You will get an idea of linux with it. |
|
|
|
|
09-16-2003, 02:10 AM
|
#9 |
|
Member (14 bit)
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Christmas, Florida
Posts: 10,661
|
I trided mandrak first and did not like it at all, so I put red hat 9.1 on and like it very much, it has a windows feel , to me anyway
|
|
|
|
|
09-16-2003, 02:42 PM
|
#10 |
|
Member (9 bit)
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: England
Posts: 328
|
I started with Mandrake9 then changed to Redhat9 like both but as I have probably said before you can down load them for free so why not pick one and try it if you do not like it try another one.
__________________
----------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Linux User #312510 |
|
|
|
|
09-21-2003, 06:57 PM
|
#11 |
|
Banned
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: in harms way
Posts: 2,768
|
Not really for a beginner tho, I have never heard anything bad about slackware. Installs fine and finds everything.
|
|
|
|
|
09-24-2003, 12:24 PM
|
#12 |
|
Member (11 bit)
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Blue Springs, MO
Posts: 1,766
|
The Gentoo install can overwelm any beginner. Stay away from it until you are comfortable with Linux. RedHat and Mandrake are good choices. Don't know which to install? You could try flipping a coin, but having recently installed both, I think Mandrake is a little easier. I suggest you buy a book and read it as you are installing Linux. It is not windows, so much of what you learned from Microsoft won't work.
__________________
CH "All you need is love." |
|
|
|
|
10-02-2003, 05:46 PM
|
#13 |
|
Member (8 bit)
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: OHIO
Posts: 240
|
You can't go wrong, i personally bought slackware, just to make a contribution. After 3 attempts of installing and playing with different boot options, I finally found where I was comfortable. Make sure you get some books, or else you'll be lost. It isn't windows and doesn't give me easy feeling yet, but it's an adventure everytime. It takes me back to the days of my first 386 when all their was, was MS-DOS and command prompts.
You'll have fun if you approach it the right way!!! - fellow newbie |
|
|
|
|
10-02-2003, 07:06 PM
|
#14 |
|
Member (5 bit)
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Iowa
Posts: 18
|
Well, I'm a newbie to this also.. The last time I even saw Linux was in 1992..lol That's probably the last time I've used unix in general.
If you're looking for the free downloads, check out http://www.linuxiso.org (If this isn't correct, it's in the first thread on this subject--Linux Links). I just installed RedHat 9.0 on my computer, and it wasn't that hard. Go to http://www.redhat.com and download all of their .pdf files. They're huge, but the install one is worth it. Another source, and i'm sure some are laughing, is RedHat Linux 9 for Dummies.. It's pretty good about explaining some of the things in plain english (although, it assumes that you think windows are the things in your house). Plus, it comes with a functional version of RedHat Linux 9. I prefer the SAM's books on teaching linux (Have RedHat 9 in 24 hours right now). They're pretty good, and they are a bit more in depth than the "Dummies" series. Patrick. PS. If you're going to RedHat's site, you may as well set up your account for the Redhat Network. http://rhn.redhat.com while you're there. And, when you first update, go to their site on your linux box, and download the new version of up2date. You'll find updating much simpler with that lol |
|
|
|
|
10-02-2003, 07:08 PM
|
#15 |
|
Member (5 bit)
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Iowa
Posts: 18
|
Um. a small correction.. Not the first thread on the subject, but one of the first threads on the forum..
Patrick. |
|
|
|
|
10-06-2003, 09:15 PM
|
#16 |
|
Member (7 bit)
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Denton Texas
Posts: 93
|
That's very encouraging natebo,
I liked what I read about Slackware also, and have it downloaded. I read several times that Slackware is not a "newbie" version and wondered how much torture I'm lining up for myself here. What books would you suggest, and where did you find them? |
|
|
|
|
10-06-2003, 09:32 PM
|
#17 |
|
Member (8 bit)
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: OHIO
Posts: 240
|
I bought slack's official guide, well worth the money, and the only other i've bought is, Running Linux, by Welsh, Dalheimer, Dawson &Kaufman. You can find that one anywhere. I've read slacks guide the most, because I know nothing about linux, except how to startX.
Oh and to continue on my install of slack, I recently made a hard drive switch for dual booting between two seperate drives. It works great one drive for windows, one for slack. I posted a link undr general hardware, called hard drive switch. check it out. I got the info from the screen savers on tech tv. |
|
|
|
|
10-06-2003, 09:40 PM
|
#18 |
|
iTroll
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: 818
Posts: 2,252
|
Ive tried red hat 9. It was good. Too bad i cant compare it to other linux os's. If i download another os ill psot a message again.
|
|
|
|
|
10-06-2003, 10:02 PM
|
#19 |
|
Member (7 bit)
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Denton Texas
Posts: 93
|
Looks like I'll be buying the Slackware guide then. I may try out the switch idea too, or just connect/disconnect my SATA and IDE drives until I get a feel for the system and actually install on the SATA drive.
Thanks |
|
|
|
|
| Bookmarks |
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Display Modes | Rate This Thread |
|
|
Linear Mode
