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| Thread ID: 127109 | 2012-10-04 04:01:00 | WTB a XP cd and key | pct (16854) | Press F1 |
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| 1305092 | 2012-10-06 09:25:00 | thanks for the help guys! sorry for turning this into a linux thread but was wondering... What is the best of Linux...? I have an Ubuntu cd but I think you can install them off a USB, so which is the best to go for?? Most user friendly etc... thx again... |
pct (16854) | ||
| 1305093 | 2012-10-06 19:37:00 | thanks for the help guys! sorry for turning this into a linux thread but was wondering... What is the best of Linux...? I have an Ubuntu cd but I think you can install them off a USB, so which is the best to go for?? Most user friendly etc... thx again... Out of the distros I've tried so far, I found linux mint mate to be user friendly, but I had some problems on mine (think it was something I did) and switched to OpenSUSE. Not as user friendly, but I really like it. Try reading through this (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) thread, it might be useful. |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1305094 | 2012-10-06 19:52:00 | Definatley give Mint a look I also use Puppy which I can run off my USB stick | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1305095 | 2012-10-06 20:56:00 | I'm on Xubuntu at the moment. Gone off Ubuntu due to Unity. Might switch to Linux Mint with MATE later... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1305096 | 2012-10-08 05:01:00 | I'm on Xubuntu at the moment. Gone off Ubuntu due to Unity. Might switch to Linux Mint with MATE later... ;) Agree with you regarding Unity. I tried to like it for a while but gave up on it eventually. Now I'm quite happy using Kubuntu which is a more traditional desktop environment using KDE. I don't know why more people don't try KDE ... I think it's much better than Gnome. @pct: Given you're laptop specs (especially if the CPU isn't a dual core) I would go for Xubuntu or Lubuntu. My niece had a P4 2.8Ghz 512Mb 40Gb running Xubuntu 10.04 quite nicely. |
Rod J (451) | ||
| 1305097 | 2012-10-08 05:28:00 | I used to like KDE back with version 3. Then came KDE 4 and the whole thing was too puffy and laggy for my taste. So I switched to Gnome 2. Then they killed that off in favour of the puffy and laggy Unity \ Gnome 3 So then I switched to XFCE. If XFCE turns into a piece of junk, I will no doubt switch again. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1305098 | 2012-10-08 07:41:00 | Then came KDE 4 and the whole thing was too puffy and laggy for my taste.They released it as 4.0 long before it was ready, and drove away a lot of users as a result. They then spent the next few point releases fixing some rather major bugs. Thankfully, those issues were sorted out quite some time ago, and KDE 4 is now largely bug-free, stable, and fairly light with its resource requirements. Give 4.8 / 4.9 a try - I suspect you'll be pleasantly surprised :thumbs:. |
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