 Which Distro Do You Recommend For Me?, What do you recommend? |
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 Apr 1 2006, 08:45 AM
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Way Out Of Control - You need a life :)  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 2,242 Joined: 16-August 05 Member No.: 7,896 myCENTs:56.55  |
QUOTE move to Redhat or anything else more advanced, when im not such a noob Nope. You should start with Mandriva or Redhat. And when you wil be more experienced you shall go to Ubuntu or Suze. Else you go right to the opposite way, going from difficult to easy, which is not the simpler way for learning. |
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Apr 1 2006, 04:58 PM
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Colonel Panic Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 2,890 Joined: 25-March 05 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 3,233 myCENTs:37.19 |
I disagree. I think that SuSE is very easy and newcomers can use it without problems. Mandrake for me was a hassle, so was Fedora. It took me 3 hours for configuring Fedora to get it to print on my Windows machine on my network! Mandriva was just a pain. It never does things correctly.
Kravur, the funny thing about SuSE is that it's powefulness on the guru side makes you not needing to leave SuSE. Anyways, the most advanced Linux I can think of is Linux From Scratch (building your own) or Gentoo. xboxrulz This post has been edited by xboxrulz: Apr 1 2006, 05:01 PM |
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Apr 13 2006, 04:52 AM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ]  Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 12-April 06 Member No.: 12,683 |
if you want to get to know your system you should go with gentoo it's not really hard to install the handbook makes it really easy and gives you great experience with linux, however as your first distro something like ubuntu would be great, get used to the gnome, it's usable easy and has everything you need..
after you get yourself experienced with ubuntu go with gentoo, it's all about choice you can install the programs you want nothing more and have it behave the way you want it's really the best distro arround. |
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Apr 13 2006, 05:03 PM
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NiGHTFoX - Hiding in the dark Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: 3-April 05 Member No.: 3,584 |
QUOTE(Kravur @ Apr 1 2006, 02:28 AM)  Thanks everyone for the response. I have decided to try out Ubuntu and SuSe first. Do any of you think it would be a good idea to move to Redhat or anything else more advanced, when im not such a noob at this? Red Hat, hmm... I've been using Linux off and on for about a year now. Ever since I've upgraded to DSL, it seems Linux is my life, lol. Red Hat is good, but I've had problems with it reconizing my network adapter. My first Linux distro was SuSE Enterprise/Standard Server 8. I must say, SuSE has come a long way since then! Novell products are excellent and that is why I like SuSE a lot. It's used in the enterprise setting & can be used at the home level. Just use what you like. If you want Red Hat, it's very tricky to find a download for the ISO images. It took me a long time and a lot of searching, but you can download any version here: ftp://archive.download.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux Personally, stick to SuSE. It's a great Linux distro! [N]F |
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May 24 2006, 06:13 AM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 24-May 06 From: Rousse, Bulgaria Member No.: 13,627 |
QUOTE(Kravur @ Mar 31 2006, 05:34 AM) I am debating on useing one of the three distros: Mandriva, Ubuntu or SuSe. Im not that familiar with any Linux distro or anything about them. Iv heard that these are some of the 'easier' and less complicated ones for the noob like myself. The only info I can give to help you is that I HAVE to use one of these distros along with windows (DUAL BOOT). Do you recommend any of these? Has anyone had any problems with them at all? Do you prefer any other distro for me and can you provide additional info on them? Thanks, Kravur I suggest you to use SuSE because of YaST2 (its user-friendly installer and configuration software). I had some problems with Mandrake in the past, and I do not prefere this distro. How about Ubuntu. It is not a user-friendly as SuSE and Mandriva are, and it is also using Gnome desktop environment, which I find very conservative... |
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Jul 8 2006, 12:45 AM
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Member [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 34 Joined: 15-June 06 From: Brasilia Member No.: 13,950 |
I would recomend Kubuntu, wich has the KDE interface. If not, get SuSE and configure your YaST system to the mirrors, it can help you install some junky libs.
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Jul 15 2006, 03:23 PM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 2-July 06 From: OH Member No.: 14,264 |
My vote is for mepis linux. Easy to install and debian based great os. It can be run from a live cd or installed on your hd.
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