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| 499492 | 2006-11-16 01:35:00 | I would like to try out this O/S, have a play etc....will need a GUI as there's not way I'll do command line stuff.... Whats the easiest one out there for a noobie? edit - Oh forgot, a guide would be good too! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 499493 | 2006-11-16 01:53:00 | Xandros is by far the"easiest" as it does windows things but Umbuntu comes a close second.I have had Xandros for 3 years and never been near a "command line".I know you are going to get people pushing their OS but believe me I have tried most and these two are tops. | kjaada (253) | ||
| 499494 | 2006-11-16 01:54:00 | I would like to try out this O/S, have a play etc....will need a GUI as there's not way I'll do command line stuff.... Whats the easiest one out there for a noobie? edit - Oh forgot, a guide would be good too!I've tried Ubuntu, and like it a lot too bad not for gaming and some application like mp3, avi, etc. Ubuntu is pretty easy to use for the first time. |
PedalSlammer (8511) | ||
| 499495 | 2006-11-16 02:05:00 | As far as I know Xandros is the only good distro that will let you interact with "that other OS" IE in file manager you see all yr files including XP ones. |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 499496 | 2006-11-16 02:08:00 | Geoff Palmer had a series of articles earlier in the year based on Mepis, which can be run from the CD without installing. blogs.pcworld.co.nz |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 499497 | 2006-11-16 02:13:00 | to start out I would reccomend a Live distro (runs off cdrom) there are many of these. Puppy saves your config to small file on the hard disk and refer back to this when rebooted Knoppix Mepis ubuntu suse pick one www.distrowatch.com has heaps of resources also th unoffical pf1 faq wiki has some help but is still under devlopment |
beama (111) | ||
| 499498 | 2006-11-17 09:08:00 | Asking this question is a little like asking "which car should I buy"? In most cases there is very little difference. Best to do a little research yourself then choose the one that looks the best for your use. I found in the beginning the best method for me was to purchase a Amazon book (e.g. Fedora Bible) which includes the OS, then work through the book learning what you need to. | johnd (85) | ||
| 499499 | 2006-11-17 09:54:00 | i first used gentoo because of its very detailed instructions and documents they provide pretty much fool proof steps through this i became more familiar with linux now i use kubuntu.. easier for everyday use don't have to know too much about linux and their forum..well..solves more of my problems just by using search |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 499500 | 2006-11-17 15:41:00 | to start out I would reccomend a Live distro (runs off cdrom) there are many of these . Puppy saves your config to small file on the hard disk and refer back to this when rebooted Knoppix Mepis ubuntu suse I think you gave me a little info I hadn't found an answer for . . . the fact that Puppy saves the settings in a live cd . . . that's just what I got upset over when I was running Ubuntu and Mepis live . . they forgot everything I had set up every time . The reason I went to the full install was for that very reason . . but I am happy so far with both "L" systems I am "playing" with at the time . . . Believe I will stick with Mepis, as it looks friendlier than others right now . The learning curve isn't a curve at all . . it's a steep incline that starts nearly vertical, and so far I have not seen any plateaus . "Persist I shall" . <yoda> |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 499501 | 2006-11-17 18:36:00 | i first used gentoo because of its very detailed instructions and documents they provide pretty much fool proof steps through this i became more familiar with linux now i use kubuntu.. easier for everyday use don't have to know too much about linux and their forum..well..solves more of my problems just by using search Same here, well similar anyway. I found that by grappling with Gentoo it increased my understanding; whereas previously I wasn't getting anywhere (or thats how it felt anyway). Now I have Debian set up on a second computer and I backup stuff from my XP machine to it (and other things as well) using Filezilla. But you're right Heni, Gentoo's documentation has to be out on its own. |
jcr1 (893) | ||
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