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QUOTEReally sorry yordan.No problem. However, you must know something. If a stupid guy does something stupid (like googling for doing forbidden things) this guy is guilty.If you push him to do something stupid, YOU are guilty as well.
Hmmm... nevermind. I have found a distro which suits me just fine: Damn Small Linux. I've got it on my Jumpdrive now. This has potential to be a very fun little project.
Well if you want a full fledged distro i would recomend Ubuntu
DSL is good ..but its primary aim is to be small and not provide with the best possible free softwares ..not to mention skipping alot of stuff
I agree with hatim. Ubuntu was regarded as the Best Linux Distribution of 2005 by PCWorld.
But be prepared for the troubles coming during the first days of your Linux life. It's different from Windows and not that easy to use. And if you plan to play your Windows games under Linux, you will need a Windows emulator and quite some Linux skills. By the way, most Linux distros are free for downloading.
You can find a pretty large overview over current Linux distrobutions here:
http://www.distrowatch.com/ They have little summarys about what the focus of each distro is. GreetingZ
Hey try ubuntu. I think you can still order a free CD. I just recived my 5 copies for me and my friends. I didn't manage to try it jet, but I will soon. I have tried that boot CD with preinstalled ubuntu on, and it works very well, and with sound on also..
I think you will find it under www.ubuntu.com
Ubuntu, eh? Sounds interesting... I haven't heard much of it.
In the way of windows emulators... are their any that are free? Given that I'm still only in high school and therefore have little to no budget for this sort of thing, I ask.
From me, I don't like Ubuntu, pretty primitive with it's configuration utilities suck; with SuSE, configuration is easy and you can actually dig in and fix things without the GUI. Ubuntu's utilities resets it back to whatever it sets up. This happened to my LCD monitor, it annoyed me so much that I ditched it.
SuSE for me is the better way to go. There's no such thing as the best distro. It's a subjective matter. xboxrulz
The distros I have ever tried are:
Mandrake 9.1, Mandrake 9.2, Mandrake 10.0, Mandrake 10.1, Slackware 10.1, Ubuntoo, Gentoo, Debian Woody 3.0 I'm a bit experienced. As for the TOTAL beginner I advise Mandrake 10.1 because it's extremely easy to install, and most things you can do in graphical IDLE. Although compiling different things from the source might be ( and is) troublesome in that distro. After 2-3 months I advise you to change to Slackware. It's very useful, fast and there are no problems with compiling, buggy hardware, etc. After another 6 months I advise you to reinstall Slackware and install Gentoo. That's what i've got to say 
Slackware is the greatest. Been using it for almost a year now and I've got to say, it's great. I would go with Waco's idea as it coincides exactly with mine.
Mandrake for the noob, Slackware for the experienced, Gentoo for the brave ! (  Not my own, but something I read somewhere on the net, LinuxQuestions I guess.I'm still not up to using gentoo. It's a little too much trouble than I would care for. Like come on... 2 days for installing an OS? Not for me .
Latest EntriesQUOTE Really sorry yordan. No problem. However, you must know something. If a stupid guy does something stupid (like googling for doing forbidden things) this guy is guilty. If you push him to do something stupid, YOU are guilty as well. QUOTE(yordan @ Feb 15 2008, 06:12 PM)  Please read astahost rules. Here, we don't do such things, and on sites like ours it's it's forbidden to talk about this. Next time I see a user talking about cracking wifi passwords, this user will be banned and all posts deleted.  Sorry bout that. I'm not being rude but I only "mention", I didn't even talk about how to do it or where to get it. I believe by googling a few words, you can get even more info that what I previously posted. My intention is just to share my experience. Really sorry yordan.
There is one other thing to consider. Ubuntu has a twin brother Kubuntu. The two share the operating system, but differ in the user interface. Ubuntu uses a "clean," more Mac-like desktop. Kubuntu uses the KDE desktop, which more closely resembles the Windows desktop (start menu at the bottom left, task bar at the bottom, etc).
Ubuntu also comes in both "desktop" and "server" editions. You want the "desktop." The server is for hosting a website. The ubuntu distro (along with an increasing number of other distros) comes as a "live CD." That means if you can boot off a CD, you can try out that particular brand of Linux without installing it on your computer. It is much slower than running off a hard drive, but it lets you try the OS out without going through the hassle of installing it (and maybe uninstalling it). That's how I learned, for example, that the Ubuntu live CD will automatically mount the partitions on your computer if you click on them, while in Kubuntu, you need to go to a console and enter the shell commands to make a path and mount the partition. (Or maybe do something simpler that I haven't been able to guess.  )
QUOTE(faulty.lee @ Feb 15 2008, 04:54 AM) I also keep a copy of BackTrack2 and Knoppix Live CD, in case I can't boot off USB, and when I need to crack some Wifi password, hehe  Please read astahost rules. Here, we don't do such things, and on sites like ours it's it's forbidden to talk about this. Next time I see a user talking about cracking wifi passwords, this user will be banned and all posts deleted.
I'm using Fedora 5 for my servers and for my client's server as well.
For portability, I use SLAX (live version of Slackware) on my thumbdrive. I would recommend SLAX for it's easy of adding new software, by just copying a single file per software into the module folder. It will be loaded automatically and shown on the menu. Don't even need to know how to unpack or install it. Save me all the hassle. For thumbdrive, i recommend Corsair Voyager. I'm using the 4GB version. Damn fast. It's good to have a reading speed of 24MB/s compare to ordinary thumbdrive of less than 10MB/s. I booted SLAX in one and a half minutes using Voyager, compare to Kingston's 4 minutes boot time, which I use previously, that's a lot of improvement. I also keep a copy of BackTrack2 and Knoppix Live CD, in case I can't boot off USB, and when I need to crack some Wifi password, hehe
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