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| 657300 | 2008-04-10 19:44:00 | Distro watch Here (http://distrowatch.com/) has the comprehensive list of allLinux distro's and the downloads. | gary67 (56) | ||
| 657301 | 2008-04-11 05:49:00 | Try Puppy Linux on a CD. No Installation required, just boot the CD and it loads. Contains Word Processor, Data base, spread sheet, File managers, graphics editor, Browser, Mail client, Chat (better than MSN) G-Parted partition manager (the best there is) and a Firewall. It reads & writes to all Windows and Linux partitions. Very usefull for editing Windows when on strike or retreiving files from a crashed Windows system. You can also install it on your hard drive from within the program. Brilliant :thumbs: |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 657302 | 2008-04-11 06:50:00 | You can do the same with Ubuntu though before installing it.. in fact I believe the ONLY way to install it is to boot off the CD then follow the graphical installer. Its brilliant! Ubuntu, no two ways about it, will suit you perfectly. My advise would be to definitely wait another fortnight, if you can bear the wait, and get 8.04 when it comes out (Its currently in Beta as mentioned but will be a final release on 24/4). Many little improvements, and some rather large ones too, that'll make it worthwhile getting. Otherwise, if you have a lot of bandwidth to spare, then get the latest 7.10 version now and simply upgrade when it comes out, its pretty painless to do the upgrade. (Click Install / Remove Programs then hit "Update to 8.04" and it does the rest) Ubuntu.. Its what you want ;) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 657303 | 2008-04-11 08:40:00 | You can do the same with Ubuntu though before installing it.. in fact I believe the ONLY way to install it is to boot off the CD then follow the graphical installer. Its brilliant! Ubuntu, no two ways about it, will suit you perfectly. My advise would be to definitely wait another fortnight, if you can bear the wait, and get 8.04 when it comes out (Its currently in Beta as mentioned but will be a final release on 24/4). Many little improvements, and some rather large ones too, that'll make it worthwhile getting. Otherwise, if you have a lot of bandwidth to spare, then get the latest 7.10 version now and simply upgrade when it comes out, its pretty painless to do the upgrade. (Click Install / Remove Programs then hit "Update to 8.04" and it does the rest) Ubuntu.. Its what you want ;) Are you using it? What is then so different from PCLOS? NT |
notechyet (4479) | ||
| 657304 | 2008-04-11 22:12:00 | Perhaps you should give it a try and see for yourself? Its not like it requires any installation... ;) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 657305 | 2008-04-12 00:33:00 | I've just been having a play with PCLOS Gnome 2008. Basically its PCLOS, only with gnome instead of KDE... I'm liking what I seeing. Has to be one of the slickest implementations of gnome I've ever seen. It certainly puts Ubuntu to shame in this regard. They people behind it don't seem to have the word 'generic' in their vocabulary... |
Sherman (9181) | ||
| 657306 | 2008-04-12 01:55:00 | I will be very interested to see the replies to this.My experiments in to PCLos Gnome recently have been disasterous.I am now running Ubuntu with login options for KDE 3 or 4 , X and Gnome and it is great.Use KDE 4.0 most of the time but like a change now and again.Gnome apps will run if I require them. | kjaada (253) | ||
| 657307 | 2008-04-12 08:07:00 | Errr.. Gnome apps run in KDE thou? And do you mean Xfce? | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 657308 | 2008-04-12 08:28:00 | Perhaps you should give it a try and see for yourself? Its not like it requires any installation... ;) Done that some time ago, tried a Ubuntu livecd. It was then PCLOS that got me more interested. NT |
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