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In response to sigint-ninja and cascade9; I should have stated that I want to improve my Linux skills and knowledge. I also want to work on my programming skills. Currently playing around with C but also want to start learning some new languages as well. I already have a Windows partition for games and mundane stuff. I don't think I'll be able to find drivers for my wi-fi for Linux as well, so I may have to keep surfing the net on Windows for time being.
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No need to surf for WiFi drivers.
Wi Fi is detected automatically by Linux Mint.
Install Linux Mint 17.My choice is Cinnamon .
Last edited by kishor joshi; 06-17-2014 at 06:42 AM.
Reason: a small correction
Fedora does not have LTS (for now, the upcoming Fedora Next plans are something different), so you shouldn't use 14 at all, it is totally without support (read: no bugfixes, no security patches) for years.
When it comes to distributions for beginners I usually recommend to have a look at Mint and openSuse.
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