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| 461250 | 2006-06-07 01:17:00 | Hi all, I have installed and tried some linux OS: Mandriva, Mepis, Suse, Fedora, Damm Small Linux, and found they all run quite well. Some are a bit quicker and some have trouble detection my modem but sorted it out eventually. I can't decide which one to stick with and was wondering if anyone has an opinion on the best for someone learning Linux. Thanks, asdex |
asdex (1488) | ||
| 461251 | 2006-06-07 01:34:00 | Ubuntu is extremely popular at the moment, and relatively easy to get started on. I have also heard a lot of good things about Suse (although I've never used it myself) and it's apparently a good distro to learn on. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 461252 | 2006-06-07 01:51:00 | yea ubuntu is nice or kubuntu if you like kde more ..just don't do what i did and start with gentoo.. end up reading loads of stuff which can be interesting if you have too much time to waste |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 461253 | 2006-06-07 02:03:00 | heni72847, you don't work at Lower Hutt DSE do you? That sounds like a verbatim quote from one of their staff members. (apologies for hijacking the thread) | Erayd (23) | ||
| 461254 | 2006-06-07 10:20:00 | Thanks very much, I will give it a try when I see it on a mag disk. Cheers |
asdex (1488) | ||
| 461255 | 2006-06-07 10:29:00 | I've tried Mandrake 9, Mandrake 10, Simply Mepis 3.3.1(I think), Knoppix 4.0, and Xandros 3.01. I prefer the last one as it does what I want it to do. I bought a copy of Xandros Deluxe (which has full speed CD writing and full Codeweaver's Cross Office) from a person in Westport. Having tried these, I have settled on Xandros and await the new version (Xandros 4) which is due out this month. Used to dual boot with Windows XP but now only have Xandros on the machine. Windows is in the broken glass bin! I quite liked Simply Mepis and thought the specs for 3.4.3 looked interesting. However IMHO, the layout of the desktop was a bit messy in comparison with X. Jim |
Hhel (8073) | ||
| 461256 | 2006-06-07 10:32:00 | ha nope i wish i worked at dse though i wouldn't mind that ..but i might just end up looking at the stuff on the shelves all day duno why i always do that everytime i go into dse.. ..er..i think i just made a even more irrelevant post |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 461257 | 2006-06-07 10:37:00 | I really don't think it matters that much - we all have our favourites but they all use the same kernel. | johnd (85) | ||
| 461258 | 2006-06-07 11:41:00 | I personally use Gentoo, but I was very impressed with the latest Mepis (I think its currently in beta testing). | Myth (110) | ||
| 461259 | 2006-06-07 20:23:00 | I go with Hhel.I tried several distros over many years but settled on Xandros which appears the nearest to Windows.Have only had a couple of things I could not do over the 18 months I have used it.I keep XP and can use it when neccessary and can open my documents in either OS. |
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