2004 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards This forum is for the 2004 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards.
You can now vote for your favorite products of 2004. This is your chance to be heard! Voting closes on February 3rd. |
| Notices |
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
Are you new to LinuxQuestions.org? Visit the following links:
Site Howto |
Site FAQ |
Sitemap |
Register Now
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.
Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.
 |
GNU/Linux Basic Guide
This 255-page guide will provide you with the keys to understand the philosophy of free software, teach you how to use and handle it, and give you the tools required to move easily in the world of GNU/Linux. Many users and administrators will be taking their first steps with this GNU/Linux Basic guide and it will show you how to approach and solve the problems you encounter.
Click Here to receive this Complete Guide absolutely free. |
|
|
View Poll Results: Distribution of the Year
|
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
|
   
|
23 |
0.99% |
|
Fedora
|
  
|
350 |
15.09% |
|
Mandrakelinux
|
  
|
235 |
10.13% |
|
Slackware
|
  
|
449 |
19.36% |
|
Suse
|
  
|
235 |
10.13% |
|
Debian
|
  
|
250 |
10.78% |
|
Knoppix
|
|
43 |
1.85% |
|
Gentoo
|
|
314 |
13.54% |
|
DamnSmallLinux
|
|
7 |
0.30% |
|
MEPIS
|
|
96 |
4.14% |
|
LFS
|
|
13 |
0.56% |
|
Ubuntu
|
|
176 |
7.59% |
|
Yoper
|
|
32 |
1.38% |
|
Xandros
|
|
27 |
1.16% |
|
Linspire
|
|
17 |
0.73% |
|
Arch
|
|
26 |
1.12% |
|
Conectiva
|
|
7 |
0.30% |
|
Amigo
|
|
2 |
0.09% |
|
CentOS
|
|
3 |
0.13% |
|
PClinuxOS
|
|
14 |
0.60% |
01-04-2005, 08:39 PM
|
#196
|
|
Member
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: MA
Distribution: Ubuntu 7.10
Posts: 558
Rep: 
|
drake so far. However i would like to try gentoo and debian.  |
|
|
|
|
01-04-2005, 08:59 PM
|
#197
|
|
Member
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Long Island, NY USA
Distribution: Fedora Core 3, Ubuntu Hoary
Posts: 53
Rep:
|
Quote:
Originally posted by tamoneya
drake so far. However i would like to try gentoo and debian.
|
======================
Ubuntu is based on Debian. Not only will they send you NUMEROUS discs for free, they'll even pay for the postage!! |
|
|
|
|
01-04-2005, 09:01 PM
|
#198
|
|
Member
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Currently in China
Distribution: Fedora 9
Posts: 130
Rep:
|
Fedora ~!!! The best !! Mandrake not bad too!!!
|
|
|
|
|
01-04-2005, 09:45 PM
|
#199
|
|
Member
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Colocrappyrado
Distribution: Windows 2000, Windows XtraProblems, still looking for my linux baby
Posts: 69
Rep:
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Harishankar
Come to that, users of Linux must have a lot of spare time
|
Amen to that.  |
|
|
|
|
01-04-2005, 09:48 PM
|
#200
|
|
Member
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Colocrappyrado
Distribution: Windows 2000, Windows XtraProblems, still looking for my linux baby
Posts: 69
Rep:
|
I want to try fedora, but i'm not sure that i want to burn ANOTHER 5 cds on it. Mandrake and SuSE really hurt my blank cd supply. Mandrake i really dont like, half the time it doesnt even start up (not sure why) and suse did horrible with my drivers. is fedora worth the 5 blank cds?
|
|
|
|
|
01-04-2005, 09:55 PM
|
#201
|
|
Member
Registered: Oct 2004
Posts: 52
Rep:
|
Quote:
Originally posted by dick_onion53
I want to try fedora, but i'm not sure that i want to burn ANOTHER 5 cds on it. Mandrake and SuSE really hurt my blank cd supply. Mandrake i really dont like, half the time it doesnt even start up (not sure why) and suse did horrible with my drivers. is fedora worth the 5 blank cds?
|
Give PClinuxOS a try. A hard-drive installable LiveCD, using Synaptic, with a great-looking KDE default desktop, and best-of-breed apps. Easiest install ever. |
|
|
|
|
01-05-2005, 12:12 AM
|
#202
|
|
Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Mississippi USA
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 2,058
Rep:
|
Quote:
Originally posted by dick_onion53
I want to try fedora, but i'm not sure that i want to burn ANOTHER 5 cds on it. Mandrake and SuSE really hurt my blank cd supply. Mandrake i really dont like, half the time it doesnt even start up (not sure why) and suse did horrible with my drivers. is fedora worth the 5 blank cds?
|
You only need one for Gentoo. Get the minimal CD, boot it, then start the install. It will download the rest to the hard drive as it needs it. If you have broadband.
You could use a CD-RW. After the install is done, re-use it.
Later
|
|
|
|
|
01-05-2005, 12:16 AM
|
#203
|
|
Member
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Colocrappyrado
Distribution: Windows 2000, Windows XtraProblems, still looking for my linux baby
Posts: 69
Rep:
|
I decided to go ahead and install Fedora --------- it sucks. I've never used an o/s with so many errors. It's so hard to do anything when there is pop-up errors all over the place. And you want to talk about drivers, my video keeps spazing out and there is no networking. I really wanted it to work but no go.
|
|
|
|
|
01-05-2005, 12:33 AM
|
#204
|
|
Member
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Colocrappyrado
Distribution: Windows 2000, Windows XtraProblems, still looking for my linux baby
Posts: 69
Rep:
|
Quote:
Originally posted by ltd602
Give PClinuxOS a try. A hard-drive installable LiveCD, using Synaptic, with a great-looking KDE default desktop, and best-of-breed apps. Easiest install ever.
|
I checked out their website and it looks great. I especially like the built in filesharing stuff. I'm downloading it right now and I'll give it a try. Thanks for the info.
Regards,
Dick |
|
|
|
|
01-05-2005, 03:24 AM
|
#205
|
|
Member
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Long Island, NY USA
Distribution: Fedora Core 3, Ubuntu Hoary
Posts: 53
Rep:
|
Quote:
Originally posted by ltd602
Give PClinuxOS a try. A hard-drive installable LiveCD, using Synaptic, with a great-looking KDE default desktop, and best-of-breed apps. Easiest install ever.
|
=================================
Another distro to consider would be Ubuntu. It installs from just one CD, but they mail you as many copies as you'd like in whatever format(s) you'd like (x86, 64, ppc). And get this: they don't even charge for shipping. While it appears from the above that PCLinuxOS is KDEcentric, Ubuntu installs only Gnome by default (KDE can be added. |
|
|
|
|
01-05-2005, 03:27 AM
|
#206
|
|
LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 1
Rep: 
|
debian
|
|
|
|
|
01-05-2005, 04:34 AM
|
#207
|
|
Member
Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Birmingham, England
Distribution: OpenSuSE 10.2
Posts: 50
Rep:
|
This might sound strange but even though I am a Slackware (v10) user and absolutely love it I voted for SuSE.
The reason is that I believe some of the new/improved features SuSE made with 9.1 & 9.2 are really amazing.
I appreciate that many of these features are probably of more benifit to new users but nevertheless they are still very impressive.
|
|
|
|
|
01-05-2005, 04:47 AM
|
#208
|
|
LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 1
Rep:
|
UBUNTU!!!
Clean, elegant, easy and way faster that Mdk i used before.
|
|
|
|
|
01-05-2005, 07:29 AM
|
#209
|
|
LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: Kuwait
Distribution: Mandrake Linux 10.0
Posts: 16
Rep:
|
Darn this is hard! My top three are :Mandrake, SuSE and Slackware.
Chose Mandrake cos thats what im using at the moment, and have absolutely NO complaints with it! |
|
|
|
|
01-05-2005, 07:39 AM
|
#210
|
|
Member
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Sighisoara/Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
Distribution: CentOS 4, Fedora Core 6
Posts: 781
Rep:
|
Fedora Fedora Fedora  |
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:54 AM.
|
|
|
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.
|
|
 Latest Threads
LQ News
|
|
