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| 164756 | 2003-08-02 11:42:00 | Hi People! I am considering at getting Linux, but I don't know which one is the best. Red Hat, Suse, Mandrake, and others etc? I'm a newbie at Linux so I need something that's user-friendly, reliable, and a possible Windows XP Pro replacement (or the next best thing). Please give me some advice, any help is appreciated. Thanks and Regards... |
AZREAL (1795) | ||
| 164757 | 2003-08-02 12:11:00 | >>but I don't know which one is the best. Best is somewhat subjective. I reckon to try Mandrake. Its pretty good for newbies. Alternatively your could try Knoppix which will boot from CD and not touch your hard drive to you can try it without mucking with your hard drive at all. |
Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 164758 | 2003-08-02 13:28:00 | Mandrake - cos it mounts all ya windows partitions for you (meaning you can access everything you had in windows), and you don't have to drop to the console to type commands :) Actually I tried mounting a windows partition in RedHat, and linux just died! Basically try out whatever you can get your hands on first :) |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 164759 | 2003-08-03 03:23:00 | Mandrake or RedHat. The others might be clever, but not for new players. Knoppix is a toy. Use it once to get the feeling of *nix, but it's not worth spending time makig i "useful". I prefer Red Hat. Read the instructions. :D Most problems people have comes from "thinking" it's "just like Windows". It isn't. It's a real operating system. :D |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 164760 | 2003-08-03 06:28:00 | >>Knoppix is a toy That maybe slightly unfair ;\ . I trust his motivation to do it was so that ye average Windows user could try it without mucking around with their partitions. |
Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 164761 | 2003-08-03 07:29:00 | I'd say to go for Mandrake. Because it's suppose to be easier than RedHat ect. The thing with Linux is that you have to actually READ the readmes, and anything else that you can get your hands on. I'd recommend http://www.xsolutions.co.nz , thats were I got the *Drake from, $25 for the 3 cds, and they came really fast. *Sideswipe* Anyone know why mandrake won't boot when I have 1024meg of DDRam? I read that it can use up to the 32 bits limit. p.s : I'm not a linux expert! |
cold_fu5ion (3438) | ||
| 164762 | 2003-08-03 07:40:00 | When it comes to things like this I would say that forming your own opinion(s) about different distro(s) is the best thing to do. As you are a newbie I would reccomend getting a popular distro like RedHat or Mandrake and using that to get started, mainly because they have some of the bigger user bases and therefore you are more likely to get relevant support should you need it... | cyberchuck (173) | ||
| 164763 | 2003-08-03 08:25:00 | I think the best way to go about this is to purchase a book like "Red Hat Linux 9.0 Bible" by Christopher Negus. You then have the OS and a book to work through it with. John |
JohnD (509) | ||
| 164764 | 2003-08-03 10:43:00 | Im with CYberChuck, form your own opinions. JAMD is more a Home-User based RH 9, RedHat is just good in general MDK is based origionally on RH, its just never tickled my fancy. Yoper is just cool Knoppix is for getting a taste for it, but not a long-term Distro Lycoris Desktop/LX is designed to look like XP, but I'd recommend RH to tell the truth! Whichever you choose, its all good :-) Linux for the most is the same, I'd suggest RedHat or MDK for most support! Hope this helps |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 164765 | 2003-08-03 11:51:00 | Isnt Linux also free to download from the net as it is opensource? So why not download the versions the other guys have suggested from the net instead of paying for it and also download the manuals for it. cheers, v.K |
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