which linux????

50cent1228

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which linux is the best looking and most user friendly???
which one can support all of my harware??
my specs:

Case-Aspire x-cruiser case
Psu- Ultra Xfinity 500 Watt Psu
Mobo-Asus m2n32 deluxe wireless edition
Cpu-Amd Athlon X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.40 ghz overclocked at 2.60ghz
Cpu cooler- Thermalright's ultra 120 with a panaflo ultra high speed fan
Gpu-Evga 512mb Nvidia geforce 7900 gt ko sli
Ram- Crosair 4 gb pc 4200 ddr2 ram
Hd-120 gb Seagate hard drive/200 gb seagate external hd
Os- Windows Xp Pro sp2
Cooling- 1 120mm Thermaltake smart case fan,1 80mm thermaltake fan,2 apevia 80mm fans..all with blue leds

which one do u use???

out of this list:

* Mandriva
* SUSE
* Linspire
* Xandros
* MEPIS
* Fedora Core
* Ubuntu

 

SleepWalkerX

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Which ever one has the latest kernel will end up having a greater chance of hardware compatibility. I believe your mobo is supported out of the box (link for linux review) and your video card has sli support after installing the proprietary nvidia drivers. The rest of your hardware listed does not involve linux hardware compatibility.

It really comes down to personal preference since all of those distro's latest release should have fairly recent kernels. For new users, go with Ubuntu or OpenSUSE.
 

DarkThinker

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Originally posted by: Willoughbyva
I would try www.pclinuxos.com


I would try the tutorial that took for ever to be written so that we can avoid a thread like this everyday, but that's just me.

DarkThinker
 

Netopia

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Originally posted by: Willoughbyva
I would try www.pclinuxos.com

Make sure it's pclinuxos 2007. I've been playing with it, and everything just works... even my wifi, with NO EFFORT.

Joe
 

hasu

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Originally posted by: Netopia
Originally posted by: Willoughbyva
I would try www.pclinuxos.com

Make sure it's pclinuxos 2007. I've been playing with it, and everything just works... even my wifi, with NO EFFORT.

Joe

I second that! No need for ndiswrapper for wireless (atheros?)
I have edubntu in my son's machine and SAMLinux2007 (derived from PCLinuxOS) in mine.