 What Is The Best Free Os |
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 Sep 7 2005, 02:50 PM
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Super Member  Group: Members Posts: 425 Joined: 19-October 04 From: long island, ny Member No.: 1,831  |
I wanted to know what the best free os out there was. I would like it to be lighteight, sence I allredy have windows, and I'm uisng this for other things like checking e-mail. Something that boots up quick. Any suggestions?
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Sep 7 2005, 05:34 PM
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apt-get moo  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 2,153 Joined: 28-May 05 From: Devon, England Member No.: 7,593  |
You are in luck. May I suggest Linspire, a Linux distribution made incredibly simple to use and it looks just like Windows. It normally costs £49 but you can get it for free by clicking here and following the instructions. They've got some offer on after someone released some software called 'Freespire' which caused confusion so Linspire is free for a few days. I suggest using BitTorrent to download it, it goes much faster. Its incredibly quick and easy to use.
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Sep 8 2005, 12:34 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 425 Joined: 19-October 04 From: long island, ny Member No.: 1,831 |
wow, thanx. That was helpfull.
anything lightweight? |
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Sep 8 2005, 12:51 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 339 Joined: 2-December 04 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 2,516 |
Not really.
You're downloading an entire OS. Windows is around 1.5 gigs. So I'd consider small .isos and such a good size, even if they're around 500 mb. Panda - Recomends Debian. Google it - Panda |
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Sep 8 2005, 02:16 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 205 Joined: 17-June 05 Member No.: 8,330 |
Isn't there a knoppix in which you can install onto your hard drive?
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Sep 8 2005, 04:11 AM
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Privileged Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 936 Joined: 14-April 05 From: West Chester, PA Member No.: 5,636 |
I would recommend Suse Linux 9.3 as a free OS that runs well. It has a huge support base so when you run into trouble you just have to google it. Plus, it is one of the few that are backed by profitable companies so it seems like it is here to stay.
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Sep 8 2005, 05:22 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 362 Joined: 25-August 05 Member No.: 11,104 |
When i bought my computer it was already designed for Windows XP
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Sep 8 2005, 08:19 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 425 Joined: 19-October 04 From: long island, ny Member No.: 1,831 |
QUOTE(thablkpanda @ Sep 7 2005, 08:51 PM) Not really. You're downloading an entire OS. Windows is around 1.5 gigs. So I'd consider small .isos and such a good size, even if they're around 500 mb. Panda - Recomends Debian. Google it - Panda  so, what should I download? [alpha] [arm] [hppa] [i386] [ia64] [m68k] [mips] [mipsel] [powerpc] [sparc] or [s390]? |
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Sep 8 2005, 08:32 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 339 Joined: 2-December 04 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 2,516 |
I'm assuming that you run an intel-based system, or a AMD system, not a 64 bit processor.
Most likely i386. If you've got a 64bit AMD processor, go ia64. Panda |
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