hulunes

Jun 28 2005, 05:23 AM

to a new one in linux world,called laity like me.i want to know what's your favourate distribution of linux?after all,there are so many good version and some unknown distribution but looks fines.i'am confused and have no idea how to opt from so many... expect frequent linux user's reply ,thx

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badinfluence

Jun 28 2005, 12:55 PM

interesting.. i secretly wanna know about this, too. i might be able to test this on next month when i buy a new computer. as far as i know is that the Fedora project is popular!

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DoR

Jun 28 2005, 01:04 PM

Hi, great you will try linux.
I am a debian user since year 2k (may be more, not remembering well). Before that I used to use Red Hat, but in those times Reh Hat had many problems not easily ro solve. On debian, I've installed several servers, use it as workstation, office work, etc.

To first start I recommend knoppix, because it doesn't touch your actually installed system. There you can 'see' how linux looks like and try some programs, practice with commands, and so on.

Obviusly as a debian user I would recommend debian. You have the complete control, easy to install, but for a first installation, maybe you should use mandriva (or mandrake) or suse. Both are more friendly. When you learn enough you can switch to debian and live happy.

Try it, don't hesitate !

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mama_soap

Jun 28 2005, 03:09 PM

I'll second the fact that a live CD is best to start off with. Knoppix is supposed to be very good, like many others are mentioned

I use Fedora, so I guess I'll naturally vote for it -- I have had no serious glitches with it so far - ok, a few, but nothing life-threatning Fedora 3 is nice, except setting Mime Types seems a little more long drawn than usual. Unless I'm missing something. Mandrake (or whatever it's latest version is called) is also supposed to be one of the best.

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Someone

Jul 5 2005, 12:30 PM

Linux Suse!
I like it!

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hulunes

Jul 6 2005, 10:56 AM

well,i download several linux iso ,like suse or gentoo linux is not easy to be installed on a laptop,for me.maybe i vent now,but i really have no idea have to intall them with the download iso file to a certain free HD.usuaslly it is not convenient for newbie in installing linux,that is to say,you must boot from the boot disk before install linux iso file.because i use notebook without hard and useless floopy drive at all.although the windows and performance of linux attract comp fans,installition is more harder than microsoft product which can be installed from cd-rom directly.

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