I'm back to give a dist of linux a try... which one? Ubuntu?

[bupkus]

Here's a laugh. I just installed windows 2000 on an older pc and in a step to inprove security against viruses, etc., I created a Power User account and managed to lock myself out of logging on again as either Administrator or the other admin account.

Ok, sounds like an opportunity to give linux a try... again.

Fedora C6 is out, but warnings of newness come with it.

What's this I've been hearing about Ubuntu?
I have this really old pc I would like to give my niece (KT133 chipset) with 256mb SDRAM, an old video card, and a 40GB hdd that should be ok for surfin'.

Do I need Xubuntu or can I use Ubuntu? Are these Debian derivatives even the best choice at all?

 

[Brazen]

There is another thread on the OS forum first page about starting out with linux. Why don't you post there?

 

[Robor]

I say give either Ubuntu 6.06 a try or if you want all the new goodies (and possible bugs) try the just released 6.10. Check UbuntuForums.org for some great info - FAQ's, HowTo's, etc.

Xubuntu might be a little faster as it's more 'light weight' than Gnome. It definitely seemed a little 'snappier' on my laptop but I prefered Gnome so I'm back to using that as my primary.

 

[bupkus]

I just finished a download of Xubuntu (real fast - one cd) and I think I'll give it a try.

 

[M00T]

R

 

[Noema]

Originally posted by: bupkus
I just finished a download of Xubuntu (real fast - one cd) and I think I'll give it a try.

Xubuntu is great. Even my parents, the most computer illiterate people in the planet, love it and have been using it for over a month now after I installed it on their old P4 🙂

Xfce is a little lacking at times but boy does it fly.

 

[Ayah]

Personally, I have to say Ubuntu or FC6. They're both pretty nice.

 

[DasFox]

AHHHHHH Come one guys you know we should REALLY be telling the Linux newbies to go to Distrowatch ----------> http://distrowatch.com/ 😉

Start at the top, and just work your way down until you find what you like.

Come on now guys there are HUNDREDS of Linux distros. :thumbsup:

Let's put our differences aside, and let people make the choice for themself, after all that is what Linux is all about --------> CHOICE 😀

ALOHA

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: DasFox
AHHHHHH Come one guys you know we should REALLY be telling the Linux newbies to go to Distrowatch ----------> http://distrowatch.com/ 😉

Start at the top, and just work your way down until you find what you like.

Come on now guys there are HUNDREDS of Linux distros. :thumbsup:

Let's put our differences aside, and let people make the choice for themself, after all that is what Linux is all about --------> CHOICE 😀

ALOHA

Good point but IMO a new Linux user should choose a very popular distro simply because if they run into problems there's going to be more info and people available to help.

 

[Brazen]

Originally posted by: DasFox
AHHHHHH Come one guys you know we should REALLY be telling the Linux newbies to go to Distrowatch ----------> http://distrowatch.com/ 😉

Start at the top, and just work your way down until you find what you like.

Come on now guys there are HUNDREDS of Linux distros. :thumbsup:

Let's put our differences aside, and let people make the choice for themself, after all that is what Linux is all about --------> CHOICE 😀

ALOHA

The top linux distro on distrowatch is, has been for over a year, and will be for the foreseeable future, Ubuntu by a large margin. So by your reasoning, why not just tell them to use Ubuntu? If they are too lazy to even scan the first page of the forum for a thread exactly like this, then who is to say they are not too lazy to go looking through distrowatch?

Even now that there is a sticky on this subject, I bet we still get threads asking this same question.