So I just got a new system and its running WinXP. I didn't know what to do with my old system so I just decided to load up Linux on it. What's a good choice to start learning Linux with? My friend says to try Fedora 3. Good choice?
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spherrod
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Fedora 3 is not a bad place to start - might be an idea to do a search as this question gets asked a lot. Personally I started with Fedora and am now using Ubuntu
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I'm a full time Ubuntu user myself. I find it very good for newbies and advanced users alike. I'd suggest downloading a few liveCD's to get started and work your way into the linux way of thinking.
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I'll throw in my vote for PCLinuxOS. I'm also new to Linux and have tried several distros in the past couple months. In the end, I just decided to settle on PCLinuxOS.
Same here. Used FC1 at school, tried FC2, then FC3 when released, but I was never that impressed with it. Sometimes the RPMs were a b*tch and I didn't find Yum to be that good. OTOH, the Debian-based repos are AWESOME and AFAIK should all work fine in Ubuntu (although yeah it's not officially supported).
Wow it seems like there's no general consensus here. Can you guys give any reasons for a particular kernal?
spherrod
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I think you should probably try a few different distros and work out which one suits your needs best -you can get some good reviews here
http://distrowatch.com/
Anyone on this thread used Knoppix before? It sounds like a cool program/OS, being able to boot from a CD w/o being installed, and includes a ton of free software.
http://www.knoppix.net/about.php
http://www.knoppix.net/about.php
I would take a look at Ubuntu, I think Fedora installs to much stuff I don't use. I've heard that a debian based distro MEPIS is really easy to install ( Checkout an interview with the creator of MEPIS on the linux link tech show, show dated 03-16-05 at www.tllts.info ).
Once you get your feet wet and you really want to start learning about linux, try gentoo, my distro of choice.
Once you get your feet wet and you really want to start learning about linux, try gentoo, my distro of choice.
I would suggest checking any of the Live CDs. The first one, as far as I know was Knoppix, suggested above, but now more and more distros come with their own version of Live CD.
The upside of that approach is that you might want to see if you like the distribution and if your hardware supports it. If you don't like it, there are no headakes to remove it from your computer, just reboot.
The only downside is that they usually require more memory than normal versions (since they need to load the whole system into memory) and if your system does not have enough memory they might be slow.
Once you feel comfortable you can install the distro of your choice on the hard drive
The upside of that approach is that you might want to see if you like the distribution and if your hardware supports it. If you don't like it, there are no headakes to remove it from your computer, just reboot.
The only downside is that they usually require more memory than normal versions (since they need to load the whole system into memory) and if your system does not have enough memory they might be slow.
Once you feel comfortable you can install the distro of your choice on the hard drive
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