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03-17-2004, 03:15 PM
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Which Linux to load?
I have just started to learn Linux, I have Knoppix on a CD and am having fun with it. I want to load a verision of linux on one of my partitions, but have no idea of which one to go with. Mandrake? Red Hat? etc... One of the factors is that I want to download it. Which is the best starter? Or whatever one ppl think is best to use for home.
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03-17-2004, 04:20 PM
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I would probably try Fedora or Mandrake. Both are good newbie OS's.
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03-17-2004, 04:23 PM
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I have both Fedora and Mandrake. If I were starting out I would start with Fedora.
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03-17-2004, 04:25 PM
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Go with Mandrake or Fedora.
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03-18-2004, 07:20 AM
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thanks
well, that was easy. Can I down load mandrake?
I looked at some sites but they wanted some $ to join first. Which won't kill me, but if I can get it for free>>> Thanks again, everyone seems really happy to help with this stuff, more so then with other OS's. Thanks B |
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03-18-2004, 08:35 AM
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www.linuxiso.org
They have most distros free for download. Another place to go is www.distrowatch.com where they have complete histories of all the major distros. |
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03-18-2004, 03:43 PM
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As above for the downloads I have used redhat and mandrake both good. Have not tried fedora yet but am sure that also would be a good choice (fedora is the new free version of redhat)
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03-18-2004, 11:42 PM
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Why not load the Knoppix since you are familiar with it and having fun with it. Plus it is Debian based which is supposed to be more stable than either mandrake or Redhat/Fedora.
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03-20-2004, 08:41 AM
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silly me
Well, I didn't think of KNOPPIX, I do that sometimes,the obvious is not there!
On the flip side, for some reason, I have always herd of Redhat and Mandrake and just thought I should go with one of the what seem to be more popular. Stupid, I know. Which brings me to: How much do these all differ? Would a comparsion of W95 to W98 be in the arena? Keep in mind that I am clueless. It took me two coasters before I had a working ver of Knoppix! I originaly I had thought Linux was Linux, end of story. I am begining to see that it may not be so. thanks again for everyones time. B |
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03-20-2004, 10:48 AM
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One advantage of Linux over Windows is that it is free. When most linux systems are up and running, the actual differecnes are very slight except for stability and maintainance, and possiibly desktop, Gnome vs KDE. While I have not had first hand experince with this, I have read of people switching from Mandrake or Redhat, becuase they crash every so often. Debian and Debian based systems such as Knoppix, and Slackware and Slackware based systems such as Vector are suppose to be more stable. However, the flip side is some people never get systems such as Debian, or Slackware up and running at all, or do so a very time consuming cost. Knoppix and Vector are designed to be more friendly.
My advice is to research and read about Linux, in places like www.justlinx.org and www.linuxquestions.org and see what problems people experience. Then download the systems that sound the most interesting to you. Redaht, Mandrake and SuSE are about the most user friendly. Of the Debian groups, Knoppix and Libranet are the most user friendly, though Libranet only offers a limtied version for free. Since Libranet is Debian, the limited version is fully upgradable once you learn how. For Slackware based syetms, Vector is user friendly, but again only has limtied free versions. Knoppix, by the way, has as good hardware recognition as any system I have tried and packs a lot of useful stuff, without bloating the system with a lot of things you won't use. Try a system and if you like it great, and if not move on to something else. |
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03-21-2004, 12:35 PM
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Silly question time. What is a distro and gnome. I'm fasinated by Linux but never used it.
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03-21-2004, 01:21 PM
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HEY I GET TO ANSWER A Question:
Destro=distributor. Linux Distributions. http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major The GNOME project was born to create an entirely free desktop environment for free systems. From the start, the main objective of GNOME has been to provide a user-friendly suite of applications and an easy-to-use desktop environment. . |
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03-21-2004, 01:58 PM
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Your good! Bugnut |
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