Hi,

I need an advice.

I need a linux distro who provides the following:
1) Has an partitioner who can resize fat , ntfs ,ext* , .....filesystems.
2) Has an excellent hardware support
3) The installer can install console or graphic mode
4) The updating can be done via console
5) In console can be configured internet via: static IP , DHCP , PPPOE and preferably to have support for USB modems.

The question is :
What distro do you recommend?

Thanks a lot !

Debian.

Every major distro can do what you want.

Can debian installer resize partitions ?

AFAIK no installer can do this.
Resize them before installing, using gparted on a live cd

The graphical installers of Fedora and OpenSuSE have an option to "resize your Windows partitions and create a default layout", though there's a custom button and you can do whatever you like.

hlo,

I would recommend PCLinuxOS (I only would have to research if it's possible to do a console-install), but I think you just have to find a distro that fits YOU.
Maybe you've used it already, but a site like distrowatch can really help you.

And test some distro's (live-cd, /-usb, ... : no risk!)


Every linux has the same basis (kernel... ), but some of them always have the latest software (with their bugs), while others uses a little older packages with less bugs...
And there are many other differences between them (global control center, ............................. )

Success

RuBeN

2 rubentje1991: let me remind you that linux IS a kernel.
so this question should be titled better as "what distro do I need".
I guess Debian should be good. Updating/managing netconnections can be done in console in almost any distro.

hlo,

indeed, you're right

linux = kernel
and distributions are what some (without knowledge of it) think of is linux

But sometimes, an error is made fast... (although you basically know it's wrong)

Thanks for correction

RuBeN

PS sorry, little bit off-topic