Which Linux Flavour? - Linux - Windows XP dual boot

Twistit

May 22 2006, 08:06 AM

I'd suggest you check distrowatch.org all the linux distro's plus there ranks are there and all there info

Personaly i'd suggest Ubuntu or Knoppix but many will disagree.
But thats because we all got a diffrent taste.

Like some only like KDE well Ubuntu has Gnome. You could try Kubuntu but that just aint the same.

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Twistit

May 22 2006, 11:09 AM

Often gimp is already in de distribution or can be downloaden from the distro's represetorie.
There no linux distro to my knowledge that doesnt support Gimp.

But to be sure, click on a distro (this link is ubuntu http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ubuntu)

Look at the list, it sais it has the latest gimp in there distro.

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Vyoma

May 23 2006, 05:54 AM

QUOTE(Twistit @ May 22 2006, 04:39 PM)

Often gimp is already in de distribution or can be downloaden from the distro's represetorie.
There no linux distro to my knowledge that doesnt support Gimp.

But to be sure, click on a distro (this link is ubuntu http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ubuntu)

Look at the list, it sais it has the latest gimp in there distro.

Gimp, I took as an example. I wanted to know if I can get any Linux program work in any Linux distribution.

One more thing: I am thinking about another problem I might face after migration to Linux environment.

Yesterday, I got myself Knoppix, just so I could recover some files from my crashed hard disk. I put my CD-ROM drive as IDE-1 Primary, Combo drive as IDE-1 Secondary, and the crashed hard disk as IDE-2 Secondary. I booted the system with the Knoppix CD in the CD-ROM drive, and the machine came alive.

Luckily, I had partitioned it, and all my data was in the partitions that were untouched. So, I took all my data and burned it on a CD-RW using the combo drive. Now, I am doubtful.

I do not have a internet connection at home, and I visit net-cafes for the purpose. Now say, I have done some work on my Linux machine, burned it onto a CD. If I come to a net-cafe that is running Windows systems, can I use them to read my CD and upload stuff to the net?

Question if put in simpler terms - are (data) CDs written by Linux readable by Windows?

 

 

 

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qwijibow

May 24 2006, 07:30 PM

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Going through all these different distributions (as can be seen in www.distrowatch.org), I got a doubt with respect to compatibility. Let us, for matter of this discussion, talk about a image editor I intend to use: GIMP. Now, would I need to ensure that GIMP would run on Linux distribution I would install? I mean, the GIMP that I can download from their site, would I not be able to run in any distribution?

All Linux Software will run on All Linux distro's.

The Major differance between distro's, is the package management ( how new programs are installed )

And what porgrams are installed by default.

Any distro can have the same software as any other distro.

Pick a distro that mates your needs.

for example... some distros are aimed at keeping software up to date.. other distros are more interesting in security..

some distros are more aimed at servers, and some desktops.

and some are all round, a litle of everything, like Fedora / redhat.

Experiment with diferant distros... i used redhat, fedora, then slackware before i found the distro that was right for me... Gentoo !

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Vyoma

May 29 2006, 03:37 AM

QUOTE(qwijibow @ May 25 2006, 01:00 AM)

All Linux Software will run on All Linux distro's.

Thanks qwijibow, that made my doubt quite clear.

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