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| Thread ID: 54982 | 2005-02-28 00:48:00 | Finding the RIGHT Linux version | camo (4895) | Press F1 |
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| 328787 | 2005-02-28 09:22:00 | Yeah the Yoper site says P11, etc, etc, but I'm sure I saw mentioned somewhere a GHz + processor recommended, should have checked first before shooting my mouth eh!. Anyway perhaps not quiet at the new user friendly stage yet, next release perhaps. A live Gentoo would be cool. Would you try to make it installable? ups the anti quiet a bit I would imagine. Want someone to break it for you? (Yoper's really starting to fell the effects of my ministrations, but still can't find the time to install Gentoo. Might consider this Saturday night through to the Hurricanes game at 6:10am Sunday. That way I can just carry on cursing a screen with very little mode change required :cool: ) |
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| 328788 | 2005-02-28 09:47:00 | im just downloading the stage3 install of gentoo as we speak, hopefully its finished by the morning and ill install it this weekend...... | Prescott (11) | ||
| 328789 | 2005-02-28 14:00:00 | If you are new to Linux, the biggest problem you will have is getting used to the Linux way of doing things. To mitigate this, you should stick to a current distribution that has: 1. A large, active, mature, accessible and knowledgeable user support community. 2. A mature, stable, well-supported, automated package management system. 3. A default install that is either KDE (preferred) or Gnome. Having said that, don't boot a custom install unless you know what you are doing. I do not recommend installing an older distro for your older hardware - the hassles with security vulnerabilities and software installation are not worth it. Ram, disks, cpus, video cards etc are cheaper than anger management therapy sessions. And have lots of persistence. As for distros, here are my recommendations: Fedora, Mandrake, SuSE and Xandros. |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 328790 | 2005-02-28 22:23:00 | I think Vinref has touched on several very good points there. A Large active mature accessible and knowledgable user support community - There is _none_ better than the Gentoo support. Fedora would come a very close second mind you. A Mature, stable, well-supported, automated package management system? Well, portage is command-line based and it can be slightly daunting.. But add Guitoo and esearch and you're set :) Debian g33ks tell me that apt is still better. A default installation of KDE.... Yeah, If I was a new user then KDE would be ideal for sure! Openbox, while its my fav WM, is not all too friendly. Sadly I didnt get too far last night, didnt manage to get the latest NavynOS fully down :( Maybe tonite! |
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