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| Thread ID: 63905 | 2005-11-26 05:51:00 | Linux | jupiter1 (2578) | Press F1 |
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| 407923 | 2005-11-27 04:11:00 | This question has to be rather common (FAQ Jen :eek: )Yeah it gets asked a lot, but a FAQ will never be able to provide a concise answer that suits all. Each person has different needs, hardware, and experience levels and new distros get released all the time and they become flavour of the month :p jupiter1's machine is well spec'd and will handle any distro of Linux. For a first time look, live CD's are great but jupiter1 is looking for a hard drive installation. Ubuntu 5.10, SuSE and SimplyMEPIS are good for ease of use and for things to just work out of the box (generally ...). SuSE is very much GUI driven with an impressive range of utilities. Looks very swish and is easy to use. Current default desktop is KDE. Ubuntu uses "sudo" for adminstration access with no real root account. Having to switch to root to perform certain tasks is something Window users complain a lot about, but it does leave the machine more at risk of being trashed by the user. The installer is a tad ugly and not as polished or intuitive to use as others. A very nicely packaged distro in all. Default desktop is Gnome. SimplyMEPIS looks very nice and has a good selection of packages included. During installation you do not get to choose what packages you would like, but it is easy to add more. This distro is also a LiveCD and gives you the option of doing a hard drive installation. Installation is easy to perform and well explained. Default desktop is KDE. If you would like a slightly more challenging distro with greater flexibility, then I would also suggest Fedora Core 4. Not as much hand-holding as the other distros, but is reasonably easy to figure out and there are heaps of easy how-to's and other guides on the internet. Has a very impressive list of applications included (Fedora is a 4 CD set) and you can select to have both Gnome (the default) and KDE desktops installed. Installation is easy to follow. jupiter1, if you live in Auckland (or nearby) the Auckland Linux Users Group is holding an Installfest next Saturday (3rd Dec) and will be able to provide the installation CD's plus help you install and set up Linux on your machine. This can be done as a dual-boot with Windows. See here (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) for further information. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 407924 | 2005-11-28 01:30:00 | Hi, Many thanks to all of you that replied, especially Jen and Dolby Digital. All the info given has been taken onboard for future use. I have opted in the first instance for Knoppix 4.0 to play with and will consider other distro's after that. Unfortunately Jen, I live well south of Nelson out towards the West coast so will not be able to visit the Linux feast in Akld. Thanks to you all. Phil |
jupiter1 (2578) | ||
| 407925 | 2005-11-28 06:20:00 | Hey Phil, Post back with how you get on using Knoppix! I havent had a chance to check out version 4.0 but I know that they've fixed up a lot of stuff that wasnt 100% in 3.8 and its supposedly pretty nice aye :) If I wasnt such a lazy bastard I'd finish my own LiveCD :( Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 407926 | 2005-11-28 08:19:00 | This question has to be rather common (FAQ Jen :eek: )I don't agree, the development of newer better red-racing-striped distros is so fast that no static FAQ would be definitive. I'm also firmly in the Mepis camp, a live CD with install options. but update using symatic as soon as its installed, you won't regret but use your configerations rather than the new ones offered with the packages (it will ask) otherwise things may not still work |
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