tomasarson Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 i've messed around with linux before. gave up. i want something thats pretty easy to install. but not something that totally takes away all of the joys of linux. i want to be able to learn it and move up. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krmathis Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 I suggest you try out one of these distros: Fedora, Mandrake They are both pretty easy to install. Please read the Neowin Guide to Linux Distributions as well! :D Solaris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKer Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 I'de recommend going and actually buying SUSE 9.0 Pro, as you'll be very thankful of the excellent manuals and initial support. You also get all the programs/source on a double sided DVD (also 5 CDs) and the configuration tools are very easily, especially when you use the manuals (which are huge and well written) for reference. There is also every program you could need included, although you need some packages for DVD support and 5.1 sound in DVD/DivX from http://packman.links2linux.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aadhu Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 SUSE 9.0 or Redhat 9.0 installation is easy config n everything else is also pretty self explanatory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemical Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 i seriously suggest searching the forum first... christ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Floyd Veteran Posted December 12, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 12, 2003 since this question been asked so many times, im gonna ansert the same thing.. install xp? wow the joke isnt cool anymore.... anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forster Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Go with Debian - its a great distro and a helluva hard time to install based on my last trial with it. But I did it ! The only way to learn is through suffering with books and coffee and more books and more coffee and websites with tips / books and more coffee. Do it the hard way, its the only way you'll learn anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honoriak Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 try debian.. not user-friendly install but it's easy to install anything :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 mandrake installers easy to use, and then everythings done for you with all the wizards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrA Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 I'd say Redhat 9 or Fedora. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suddenly_Dead Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Gentoo is hard in a newbie friendly way, IMHO. The documentation is really good, and the forums have the solution to many problems (and don't "rtfm" you if you ask a question). 'twas my first experience installing, and using a non-windows OS :) (besides the macs at a school 5 years ago or something) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger_my_passion Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Mandrake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDreamX Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Mandrake. I concur. Mandrake without a doubt. I would also suggest Red Hat for a slighly less newbish feel, but they let the consumer line of their Linux distro go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premgenius Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Thanks....also an off topic question what are the shrike-SRPMS-disc1.iso, shrike-SRPMS-disc.iso & shrike-SRPMS-disc2.iso cd images? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellBender Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 I'd say Redhat 9 or Fedora. I second that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Thanks....also an off topic question what are the shrike-SRPMS-disc1.iso, shrike-SRPMS-disc.iso & shrike-SRPMS-disc2.iso cd images? yeah, thats the cd images. arnt they redhat 9? anyways, definatley mandrake, its much easier than fedora (redhat) - being a n00b too i think my opinion stands quite well. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted December 12, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 12, 2003 This question has as many answers as the number of times it has been asked... :laugh: You really can't go wrong with any 'mainstream' distro. Try one and see how you like it. If it is too simple (i.e. you want more control over everything, head up to Gentoo, Slack, or even LFS (Linux from Scratch). It it is too tough, try another along the lines of Mandy. Or even Xandros, Lycrois, or even.. [gasp!] Lindows. There is a world of choise out there. Every distro shares the same Linux kernel, but the wrappings can be selected to suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premgenius Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 yeah, thats the cd images. arnt they redhat 9?anyways, definatley mandrake, its much easier than fedora (redhat) - being a n00b too i think my opinion stands quite well. :D LOL.....i know they are CD images but are they the source CD because as u see in the pic below there are three more images which are the red hat isos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tran Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 I would suggest Fedora as RedHat 9 is gone, only RH9 Enterprise Edition or something to that effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrA Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 LOL.....i know they are CD images but are they the source CD because as u see in the pic below there are three more images which are the red hat isos SRPMS contain source code. Basicly, the wrong images. You need the other 3 images. And make sure you md5 them before you burn them. And these are for redhat 9, which is essencially dead. Go for fedora. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premgenius Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 SRPMS contain source code. Basicly, the wrong images. You need the other 3 images. And make sure you md5 them before you burn them.And these are for redhat 9, which is essencially dead. Go for fedora. Cool......is Fedora same as Red Hat 9 also how do you do a MD5 check? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 (edited) Cool......is Fedora same as Red Hat 9 also how do you do a MD5 check? Fedora is what could be called RadHat 10, so yeah it's very similar. You can use this to check the MD5 (there's also command-line ones, but I figured the GUI is easier). If the number matches what is given in the MD5SUM file all should be well. That said I've never done a checksum in my life, and have had no problems. Edited December 12, 2003 by Danrarbc641 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premgenius Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 coo....who needs the source code? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted December 13, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 13, 2003 Cool......is Fedora same as Red Hat 9 also how do you do a MD5 check? If you download and burn the .isos (remembering to burn it as a cd-image, not as a file!), when you boot off of CD1, it will ask if you want to test (run md5check) the media. I have only had one CD-burn go bad and make a bad CD-image. Also, might I suggest using an FTP program to download the .isos, and NOT use a browser to download them... Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrA Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 If you download and burn the .isos (remembering to burn it as a cd-image, not as a file!), when you boot off of CD1, it will ask if you want to test (run md5check) the media.I have only had one CD-burn go bad and make a bad CD-image. Also, might I suggest using an FTP program to download the .isos, and NOT use a browser to download them... Mark But it's better to MD5 them before you burn them. This way you'll know if your download was corrupted or not. If you burn a cd, then test it, it could either be bad media or a bad image. If you MD5 the images, then burn, if the CD is corrupted, that narrow's it down to bad cd. There's a really easy to use program for windows called MD5Summer (http://www.md5summer.org/). coo....who needs the source code? If you want to recompile a program, you need the source. You don't really need it, but it may come in handy. EDIT: And avoid shrike (Redhat 9). It's been discontinued. Go for Fedora. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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