| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 107423 | 2010-02-15 09:48:00 | Recommend a Linux Distribution for me. | Sweep (90) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 858749 | 2010-02-15 12:10:00 | Simply Mepis 64 bit seems to have been released in 2007 so I see. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 858750 | 2010-02-15 12:15:00 | I note the driver for your card is in beta status in the last link in my post. This suggests to me that it will not have been assimilated into the Linux kernel yet. So maybe none will support it out of the box, so to speak. your first compilation task may be the sound card driver. OK. I have no problems doing compiles etc. I am now thinking about pulling the plugs on my two SATA drives and just leave the 80 gig IDE drive when I install from the ISO I download. No dual boot but I can live with that for the time being. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 858751 | 2010-02-15 12:26:00 | If you want to dual-boot you should install Windows first, that way Grub can configure it all for you. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 858752 | 2010-02-15 12:29:00 | [url]http://wiki.debian.org/X-Fi[/urI If you want to go debian, testing is a bit broken at the moment due to a pending freeze in the next few months, so I would recommend stable (Lenny) with the 2.6.30 kernel from backports. Depends on your other hardware & any version requirements for specific software though... |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 858753 | 2010-02-15 12:34:00 | If you want to dual-boot you should install Windows first, that way Grub can configure it all for you. Sigh. Had you not noticed that I have Win 7 64 bit bit Pro installed already as I said in my first post? Mint thought I had no OS installed. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 858754 | 2010-02-15 12:37:00 | wiki.debian.org OK. So should I install a debian based Linux? Preferably a 64 bit distribution BTW. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 858755 | 2010-02-15 12:48:00 | Of course! Everyone should install debian :) If your network hardware is supported by the installer grab the -amd64 netinstall disk. Some newer stuff is not, if so, get the full CD or download the drivers before you start. EDIT: Gnome is the default DE for CD1, others KDE, LXDE, XFCE etc are on other CD's or installable from the package manager. The netinst is nice as it starts really minimal you can add only what you want. |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 858756 | 2010-02-15 13:02:00 | Of course! Everyone should install debian :) If your network hardware is supported by the installer grab the -amd64 netinstall disk. Some newer stuff is not, if so, get the full CD or download the drivers before you start. OK................................. Currently downloading PCLinux but I do have another box on which I could install a version of Linux. Soltek SL-75FRN2 motherboard with an AMD 2600+ processor and a 20 Gig hard drive and on board sound and CD writer. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 858757 | 2010-02-15 19:28:00 | Ubuntu or debian since the community is large. I tend to stay away from the main DEs because I have old slow hardware, so XFCE, LXDE , Fluxbox etc. kmandla.wordpress.com I learned alot by getting debian minimal and adding what I needed eg xorg fluxbox lxde rox-filer, compared to installing the latest ubuntu 9.10. |
pkm (13527) | ||
| 858758 | 2010-02-15 20:44:00 | Simply Mepis 64 bit seems to have been released in 2007 so I see. Mepis gets my vote. Latest update on the servers: File:SimplyMEPIS-CD_8.4.97-b5_64.iso 709548 KB 14/02/2010 5:13:00 p.m. |
Coaster (270) | ||
| 1 2 3 | |||||