alishan Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Cmon which one should I install on new Hard-drive especially to be purchased for this purpose. :D :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parimal_kumar Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 This has been discussed several times before... The answer depends on what you want to use the system for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpugeniusmv Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 i could have sworn i saw this same thread like 10 seconds ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuka_t Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 id say about 2 seconds. voted for mandrake anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blik Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Have a read at these two threads for "easy getting into linux" distros, here, and here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted June 19, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 19, 2004 My favorite Linux OS is GNU. My favorite kernel for GNU is Linux. Perhaps you meant my favorite distribution of GNU/Linux? I answered RedHat/Fedora. :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigrlittlealex Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 This has been discussed several times before...The answer depends on what you want to use the system for. I'll agree..there just is no clear-cut answer to this question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrack Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 I'd say, if you are new, you should go with Mandrake. Its an excellent distro that is very available. Also, this thread is in the wrong forum. You're new here, so probably not that big of a deal, but try and save the mods the head ache of moving your thread around, and start taking advantage of the search features of this board (less you make enemies and disgruntals). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Style Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 wich linux distro is fast and normal for a desktop User!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbomonkeycock Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 Get any one of the above distro's ( I used Suse ) and then use this for the build of an LFS system :D Edit: Oh yeh, and why isn't Debian an option? Its easy to manage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Style Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 wich linux distro is like an windows XP home edition!!! Without Bugs I mean!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted July 5, 2004 Veteran Share Posted July 5, 2004 wich linux distro is like an windows XP home edition!!! Without Bugs I mean!!!! XP is not "without bugs" :pinch: If you just want something quick and easy on once CD, I would recommend Knoppix. It is a LiveCD, so it will boot off the CD and you can run Linux right away without installing it to your hard drive. If you like it, you can install it to your drive, or pick another distro that you think you might want to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal_dragen Veteran Posted July 5, 2004 Veteran Share Posted July 5, 2004 Of the ones you listed, my favorite is not among them (Gentoo), so I elected to choose Redhat/Fedora. I recently installed Fedora Core 2 and must say that the Fedora team has done a fantastic job. I have some pretty up to date hardware, and I had no problems whatsoever during the install. (I use SATA for my primary boot drive, have a nForce2 mainboard, and an Ati Radeon 9800 Pro Video Card.) It runs great too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_I am Reptar Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 SuSE is the best..fo me at least,very user friendly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadiz Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 Of the ones I've used I'd say SuSE 9.0 Personal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted July 5, 2004 Veteran Share Posted July 5, 2004 a) It's a bad poll with limited choices. b) It's in the wrong section c) It's been done before d) Even if the above three didn't apply, it's silly to make a choice based on popularity rather than needs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephiK Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 gentoo isnt listed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
after fallout Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 give me gentoo over any of them every time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[moribundi] Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 Slackware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z33 Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 arite well i searched thru tha guides forum n didn find any guide fer this... so i wus jus wonderin what you people suggest for a beginner.. cuz well thers no point in askin what u like if ur not gonna give a reason fer it.. so yeah.. i wanted to dl..but wen i saw all tha distributions.. well i kinda panicked.. so sum help wud b appreciated.. jus on what should b used and why..for a beginner..thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null_ Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 arite well i searched thru tha guides forum n didn find any guide fer this... so i wus jus wonderin what you people suggest for a beginner.. cuz well thers no point in askin what u like if ur not gonna give a reason fer it.. so yeah.. i wanted to dl..but wen i saw all tha distributions.. well i kinda panicked.. so sum help wud b appreciated.. jus on what should b used and why..for a beginner..thanks :) I'd go with Mandrake or Fedora, they're both pretty user friendly and easy to install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickFinlay2 Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 i personally like the redhat series (fedora and rehat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowmac Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 my fav is mandrake but each to their own :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight' Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 Blah Gentoo isn't listed? :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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