Betelgeuse Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 I wanted to install a linux that is supported for the desktop system and I was thinking Red Hat but now that RH and Suse and some others have been bought out etc... I'm in a spin trying to work out which Linux to choose :/ Help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 umm...Suse is the only one that has been bought man... and why would that affect your decision at all? Oh ya, and Novell's done nothing but good for Suse so far, so their buyout is a good one, no reason to stay away from it because of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptmorgan Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 go with redhat if your a linux n00b..... easy install and a good start for learning about linux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG-Cloud Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Hi, You may be a bit misinformed on this subject ... Redhat products are still free (just that Redhat is going to be end of life soon, but you can try Fedora, which is basically just Redhat 10 :p). Suse has been bought out, but it's still free. For desktop systems, you may also want to try Mandrake or if you really want to go hardcore, Gentoo or Slackware. Or, if you want a *really* desktop oriented system, Lindows is being offered for free today - check www.osnews.com for details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betelgeuse Posted February 3, 2004 Author Share Posted February 3, 2004 (Y) Thanks Linux gurus! I'll try Fedora! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManXcalibur Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 If your completly new to Linux I'd suggest trying Mandrake. It's a very user friendly verion of Linux and it runs will on most systems I've installed it on. Great disto all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordHatrus Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Mandrake is a good first operating system, lindows really isn't.... I've never installed it on my own system, but one of my friends installed it on his own as a joke (free version) Anyway, It was really kinda.... lacking... in al areas..... I don't even think you EVER needed to be in the shell, and I'm sure users would be like 'what's a terminal???' Fedora is nice, its just that CORE 2 is coming out this month or next month, soo, It's about to get a whole lot better, methinks. I <3 slackware, Gentoo, but Fedora/Red Hat is always nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krmathis Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 I would say Linux 2.6.1! If you want a GNU/Linux distro, go for Fedora, Debian or Gentoo. :x Solaris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted February 3, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 3, 2004 I wanted to install a linux that is supported for the desktop system and I was thinking Red Hat but now that RH and Suse and some others have been bought out etc... I'm in a spin trying to work out which Linux to choose :/ Help. Anything that's Debian based. Knoppix is a good place to start because once it's installed on the hard disk (it can also be run Live from the CD) it's essentially Debian. Check out DistroWatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tran Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 My suggestions for an intro-distro are: SuSE, Fedora or Mandrake. After that then my definite suggestion for a distro (my current distro) is Gentoo Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummel Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 I'd choose SuSE or Fedora. Then moove over to Gentoo or Debian. That's the way i do, but i'm actually waiting for some working wlan drivers :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeWolf324 Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Mandrake is very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vespaman Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 how will i be able to use msn messenger and ym and ms adapter mn-520 with mandrake? i'm about to try mandrake 9.2 tonight....i was going for suse but for somehow it says bad media :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordHatrus Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Suse said 'bad media' after you started installing it? Probably means it checked to see if all the files were the exact to the correct checksum.... Probably a burn error, though it might have been a download error. Were you jumping up and down excidetely at the thought of getting linux, while burning your disk, thus shaking it and causing write errors? :laugh: :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emon Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 I would say Linux 2.6.1!If you want a GNU/Linux distro, go for Fedora, Debian or Gentoo. :x Solaris why a :x face after Gentoo ?? Gentoo rocks man ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordHatrus Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Yeah! I'm with Emon! Emerge me, baby! Gentoo roxors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivand Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 I think Red Hat its very easy to use, and got a friendly Blue Curve setup :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Consider trying Mandrake for your first go, but don't stick with it forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummel Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 i hate my wlan card, it's not supported by linux :x it's the only reason why i'm still using windows xp as main os :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostspyder Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 I would use the linux written by linus torvalt ;) no seriously, check out mandrake, or SUSE (My two most favorite distros) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 i hate my wlan card, it's not supported by linux :xit's the only reason why i'm still using windows xp as main os :rolleyes: which card do you have? most of them out there are Prism2 based so you can get them working with the Prism2 driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummel Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 D-Link DWL G520 i think it's Atheros chipset, but maybe i'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 this might be able to help you. Apprently it has worked for a few other people, though I can't say I've personally had success as I don't have that card. http://madwifiwiki.thewebhost.de/wiki/DLinkDWLG520 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummel Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 thanks, i'll give it a try. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMasamune Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Been using Fedora since it came out and I like it a lot. I'm gonna move up and try a harder distro. I'm downloading Gentoo right now and going to install it so I can learn some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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