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AlexI
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Posted: 3rd Sep 2006 17:47
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Hi,
I have got an old PC and thinking about putting linux on it but which distribution do you think i should use?
Thanks,
Alex


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Steam Assassin
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Posted: 3rd Sep 2006 18:51
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Suse.


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IanG
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Posted: 3rd Sep 2006 19:08
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i have found debian is the best for me - i found it to be a slightly more complicated install but works better, fedora core is rated quite highly - have a look at distro watch


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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 3rd Sep 2006 19:36
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Ubuntu is quite highly rated and is supposed to be a breeze to install.

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Steve J
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@Musashi: Ubuntu Driver support is only as good as Debian's, and Debian's isnt too great. Debian is still the best for Linux though, with SuSe coming in second for its ease of use.

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Kenjar
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Fedora or Open SuSe. Ubuntu is the easiest to install, and best for total newbies. As long as you don't expect much from it, you'll get on fine. Just don't ask it to play WMV files, DIVX or anything like that.

I lay upon my bed one bright clear night, and gazed upon the distant stars far above, then I thought... where the hell is my roof?
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Sid Sinister
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search the forums. there has been a bunch of threads on this already.
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indi
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Posted: 4th Sep 2006 06:11
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make your decision with the best linux info on the web.

http://distrowatch.com/

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AlexI
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Posted: 4th Sep 2006 11:56
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For now i got that knoppix live CD to test it out, just burrning it


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Oddmind
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Posted: 4th Sep 2006 17:19
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Gentoo is the best. Good luck installing and compiling a kernel manually

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Steve J
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Posted: 4th Sep 2006 21:00
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Gentoo sucks. Not how hard it is, but what it includes.

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AlexI
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Posted: 4th Sep 2006 23:58
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Well it didnt work I burnt the CD with all the files, ran it on my old PC and then it went on something about hardware and it failed so then it did some auto-configure thing and there was like a text progress bar which finshed. Then nothing happened after that


Anyone got any ideas?


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Represent
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Posted: 5th Sep 2006 08:34
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Ubuntu Linux or SUSE linux are definitly the best for you probably. Ubuntu is so simple its perfect and so is SUSE. Im using SUSE right now.
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AlexI
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Posted: 5th Sep 2006 16:16
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I just bought a linux starter kit for SUSE


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OSX Using Happy Dude
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I'm thinking of either getting a Mac next year or dual booting Windows & Linux - with Windows only really for games.

Want to start programming stuff on Linux now...

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AlexI
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I installed SUSE linux and just got a fuzzy screen like a TV when there's no recpetion after choosing linux to run out of the boot options


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Codelike
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Posted: 19th Sep 2006 23:21 Edited at: 19th Sep 2006 23:31
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I've just installed the Ubuntu 6.06 i386 kernel on a spare HD (with XP1900+/512mb) & changed it to Kubuntu 6.06 k7. Worked a charm. I'd seen the XGL/Compiz vids on Youtube & liked it though I'm not expecting to run all of those extras until they're stable. With Microsoft's WPA shenanigans & Vista drawbacks, as well as the cost, I'm expecting the free distros of Linux to start picking up.

Anyhow, I did an OEM install in less than an hour from a burned 'alternate' iso. Ubuntu's internet connection, Firefox & OpenOffice worked straight away - absolutely no tweaking required. I'd recommend using KDE rather than Gnome as the shell. Either way, they're both significantly quicker (& KDE can have glass effects) than Vista, from what I've seen of that. Vista appears to have millisecond delays on every mouseclick. This has got potential to give Vista a big headache in the desktop market.

Pick your distro & do a bittorrent search for it, as it's quicker than d/l'ing off the site. Good luck! It's FREE!

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/

I have an XP3000+, 1.5gb DDR333, a 6600GT and I'm programming 3k text-based exe's?!
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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Posted: 20th Sep 2006 00:03 Edited at: 20th Sep 2006 00:07
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I found Ubunto very easy to corrupt the login background...

I'm actually getting the DVD version of Mandriva 2006

Once done, I can start programming Linux You will also notice when I've got it (and my laptop), as I will be appearing here less and less...

The glass effect of KDE is experimental at the moment (and generally cant be activated on most layouts anyway).

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Nicholas Thompson
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@hi: How "old" is this machine?

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Represent
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Do you have prior knowledge to linux? If not, Ubuntu is good for beginners and Suse Linux just pwns, I use it all the time now and Gentoo is powerful if ur hosting something and then DSL is great to test linux out. Go to www.damnsmalllinux.org and check it out, you can run linux from inside windows to test it out

btw, for all those who maybe know me. im back

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AlexI
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Posted: 20th Sep 2006 21:25
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I put linux(suse) on my new PC with a partition with windows on but it still has a fuzzy screen!! I mean i bought this pc a couple of weeks ago!


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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Got my Mandriva 2006 DVD today - and its pretty nifty...

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Bug Man
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Suse!!!

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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Kentaree
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Posted: 21st Sep 2006 17:06
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Mandriva is evil! It's just below-par performance wise compared to all the other ones.

Also: NOT ANOTHER NAME CHANGE!

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Steve J
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Kentaree: Agreed. I prefer SuSe for everyday linux use.

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Kentaree
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My favourite distro is definitely Gentoo, but I wouldn't recommend it to any newbies. The only way I survived the install is thanks to thothonegan in the irc channel, who seems to breathe linux

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Steve J
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I dont know. I never caught on to Gentoo. Oh well, Debian and SuSe are fine for me=P

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Kentaree
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I personally don't like Debian, because when I was using it it always seemed to be ages behind other distros when it comes to packages. While this is great for servers, for a desktop system it's nice to have the most uptodate packages.

That said ubuntu/kubuntu run of the debian core and are quite uptodate, so they might be better

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OSX Using Happy Dude
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I found it rather easy to corrupt Ubuntu's logon backdrop list - which is why I'm went for the rather excellent Mandriva.

At the moment its running through a virtual machine, so speed isn't as good as a dedicated machine, which, I hope will arrive on Monday.

Tonight (hopefully) I'll be seeing how far behind the Linux version of PureBasic is, and then ponder about BlitzMax...

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