04-08-2005, 12:28 PM
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Linux: Best distro?
I'm going to be running it on a 900mhz athlon 4 40 gig hd 128 megs ram system (laptop). I have a friend that is suggesting fedora core 3 (or 4) but is there a distro that would work better for a linux newbie?
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04-08-2005, 01:17 PM
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of all the cores out there, it really boils down to which one suits your preferences and what you want to do with Linux.
research it and decide, it's really the best way to do it.
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04-08-2005, 01:45 PM
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mandrake is the best distro to start out with for a beginner. however, i've not played w/fedora.
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04-08-2005, 02:14 PM
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Fedora is a good beginner core.
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04-08-2005, 03:34 PM
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04-08-2005, 05:27 PM
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04-08-2005, 08:03 PM
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i think knoppix is neat for beginners. its really easy and fast to install. it runs on the cd rom not the hardrive. you can see if you have the correct hardware before you wipe out a drive, only to find out your hardware is not supported. if everything goes well, you can install one of the distro's mentioned below. thats my 2 cents.
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04-08-2005, 08:05 PM
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fedora core 3 is hawt!
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04-08-2005, 09:31 PM
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I put together an Athlon 2000 box with a cheap (MSI KM2M from eBay) all-in-one mobo that's dual-booted w/ XP and Ubuntu. Knoppix and Mepis don't like the onboard video - I get garbage on the screen once the GUI comes up.
Ubuntu doesn't like my MS-brand USB wireless adapter (go figure)... I haven't had time to play with it much.
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04-08-2005, 11:40 PM
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04-09-2005, 12:40 AM
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My linux box is, honestly, a coookie cutter box. It's a Micron. I use a optical MS USB mouse, however, it is always recognized even if I unplug it, and re plug it back in (which I know is sometimes a problem.) |
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04-12-2005, 12:52 PM
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cookie cutter box? |
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04-12-2005, 02:23 PM
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900mhz Celeron 30 GB HD (Samsung I believe) 512MB (it came with 256 in 2 128 sticks) onboard video & sound I added a LAN card, and at one time had a SB!Live in there. |
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04-12-2005, 02:34 PM
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Airen needs to get hip to the lingo.
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04-12-2005, 05:28 PM
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