Which OS for Linux?


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  1. 1. Linux

    • Mandrake
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    • slackware
      4
    • Red Hat
      12
    • other
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Which best one?

I used Mandrake 9.1. It's awful problem on my computer (froze then disk error after restart 2 times) :angry: So I rid it and stays on Windows 2003. I have no problem on Windows 2003. Anyone knows which best Linux for DVD player, game, Internet, and Word. I really sick of MS right now. I really want to do new something for me.

Make sure Linux work this:

950mhz AMD K-7

256MB PC-133

FX 5200 128MB AGP

Netgear NIC 10/100

40GB 7200rpm ATA133

Promise I/O card ATA 133

Sound Card Sound Blaster 16 PCI Sound Card

Sorry, If repost about vote.

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Linux is not a great OS for games, especially new games (non existant)

I'd say SUSE, thats what I run dual booted with XP at home, or Xandros if you need something for a corporate environment

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Which OS for Linux.. what?

Linux is the operating system.. the kernel part, anyway. I think you meant 'distro' ;)

Anyway, I'd go with Gentoo or Fedora, I think. However, with gentoo anything will take a hell of a long time to compile on those specifications!

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I used Mandrake 9.1. It's awful problem on my computer (froze then disk error after restart 2 times)  So I rid it and stays on Windows 2003. I have no problem on Windows 2003. Anyone knows which best Linux for DVD player, game, Internet, and Word. I really sick of MS right now. I really want to do new something for me.

Anyone here think this is really Sm?agol using a computer? (Gollum for those LotR challenged).

I agree with post above about SuSE 9.x dual boot with WinXP - look on eBay for SuSE 9 Professional cd's - can probably get for about 10.00 and they are just CDR's of the original package someone paid 80.00 for. Minus the support/manual - you have the full blown setup.

If you want cutting edge... then Fedora Core, but it is a little unstable right now. However, if your cup of tea is for ease of use - Definately SuSE.

not my picks - Slackware:xx , Xandros (too expensive) :pinch:: , Mandrake (too buggy) :oo

my picks - SuSE :DD , RedHat 9 :happy:: , Lindows (for the newbie - linuxer) :cry::

Peace,

Bill

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Which OS for Linux.. what?

Linux is the operating system.. the kernel part, anyway. I think you meant 'distro' ;)

Anyway, I'd go with Gentoo or Fedora, I think. However, with gentoo anything will take a hell of a long time to compile on those specifications!

OOp! I forget add "best"

I try to said "Which best OS for LINUX?"

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Linux is not a great OS for games, especially new games (non existant)

I'd say SUSE, thats what I run dual booted with XP at home, or Xandros if you need something for a corporate environment

Tell me more info about SUSE please.

Thanks.

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SuSE is a great all-in-one 'ready to go' distro. Probably one of the best, IMHO.

If you don't mind putting in a little work, it's hard to beat Gentoo as Linux distros go though. Go with a stage 3 tarball with or without grp packages (your decision.)

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http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

And I'm serious. I diverted from the instructions a little but I'm fine. Linux 2.6.0-test11, X, opera browser, blackbox, gcc 3.4. Still needs some work but it's useable

You have any system of keeping track of what you have installed? Gentoo is just right because it's a scripted version of LFS basically. I'd get lost trying to remember what I had installed.

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Somehow, I think 1Neo1 is going to have problems on any distro...

No one here can tell you what distro you will like best... :no:

Try any of the listed distros. They ALL will dual-boot very well with Windows. They will ALL do the basic web browsing, email, 'office' programs very well. Just please, please read about it when you install.

If you are concerned if Linux will run on your hardware (chances are good that it WILL), check out Knoppix. Burn a "Live CD", which will boot into Linux running only from your CD-ROM and RAM. No hard drive writing will be done.

Once you have cut your teeth, it is VERY easy to switch around from distro to distro to find what you like best. Don't expect Linux to be a Windows clone. It isn't. Once people get over the "This isn't Windows" thing, they are invariably very happy with Linux. :)

Mark

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You have any system of keeping track of what you have installed? Gentoo is just right because it's a scripted version of LFS basically. I'd get lost trying to remember what I had installed.

No, I don't have any way of tracking what's on my system, but I know pretty much what's there. I did this because a few months back, I couldn't install linux. Gentoo was suggested but the livecd wouldn't detect my HDD (Maxtor SATA on ICH5 southbridge). I considered installing linux from scratch but had no idea how to do it. Now i finally got linux to install (Redhat Severn then Fedora) but I was still interested in how to install linux from scratch. So you may see, this is more of a learning thing.

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Hmmm.. Gentoo sound good to me. I will try it. Is easy install? Do it have muilt-boot up? Windows 2003 and Gentoo? Do Gentoo work on my hardware?

1. Yes - especially if you use a stage 3 tarball - and PRINT THE INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS.

2. Just as well as any other Linux distro will - it's still just NT after all. I'm a big fan of Grub.

3. Just as well as any other Linux distro will or won't - with few rare exceptions, such as MrA ran into - though even that probably could have been worked around. Gentoo (And SuSE, and Mandrake, and Fedora...) finds every single piece of hardware on my system just fine. Hotplug detects it all and gets every kernel module loaded without any problems - even my USB CF card reader.

Still, it pays to double check and do some research and make sure all of your hardware will work with Linux first. And if you've never installed a distro in your life, it might be better to go with something like SuSE with a nice, easy to use graphical install.

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Fedora is a sweet distro... if you only wanna use the rpm's supplied. Othewise it can be a pain to use.

Gentoo is nice since its as customizable as LFS (if you wanna spend hours and such) but its package manager makes everything worth while.

Suse was nice, don't know if it still is. Debain is good, but not as up to date in "stable".

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I tried out slackware, but I was too much of a newbie to set it up properly.

I have also tried out Mandrake, found it to be very nice looking and easy to use.

One day I might go back to slackware, Mandrake is pretty much my "training wheels" for now.

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