Out of this list, which distro would you choose?
I've looked at distrowatch's top 10 fave Distros, and I've picked the ones that looked the best. Now, w/ out downloading every 700mb ISO, I'm asking you all whick distro you would go with.
I have a Dell Dimension 2400 w/ a copy of XP. Windows got a screwed up, and I installed XP again, and now it is even more messed up. So I thought... This'll be the first time install linux on a decent pc. Specs: Intel Celeron 2.4GHz 512MB (speed 266 and 300... seems stable) 30GB harddrive Onboard intel video, soundmax audio Linksys WUSB54G (lets see If I can linux to actually work with this thing!) CD-ROM drive EDIT: Lol, forgot the list... I did make a poll. List: FreeBSD Mepis Gentoo Fedora 5 SuSE Mandriva |
Since you don't provide a list to choose from, I guess I get to just recommend the best ... Debian.
Netinstal .iso (all you need, if you have a broadband connection) ... about 100 MB |
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FreeBSD isn't Linux, but I guess I'd choose that or Gentoo since I quite liked both when I used them.
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True freebsd isnt linux, but it is on the list :p
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Why is FreeBSD there and not Slackware? :rolleyes:
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I'm looking for something that I don't have to do a lot a code/cammand line work. I'm okay for none GUI installs, but I want it to have a UI, like KDE.
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Then freebsd is not what you want, it's not very gui, atleast not last i used it. But you can still have kde in it.
Edit: I saw that, i was restating it as to answer nylex's question asking why slack wasnt on the list |
Voted for Suse, but only because it's good for new users. I don't personally run any of the listed distros although I have used all of them at one time or another.
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probably mepis, if it could be converted easily to debian. :D
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Suse 10.1 FTW !!! Should work good with your system, and I know not everyone likes XGL but if you upgrade the video to somthing decent you will get the added functionality & coolness of XGL. !!!
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For a newbie that doesn't want to get into a lot of CLI work right off the bat I'd suggest either Mepis or SuSe. Of the two, I would prefer Mepis as it's Debian based and makes system upgrades a bit easier.
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