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07-17-2005, 06:13 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2005
Location: Brisbane
Distribution: Fedora Core 2, Solaris 10
Posts: 20
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Another Debian-based Distro
Hey
Upon entering the linux world I was introduced to Fedora Core 2, which I thought at the time was very useful in learning about linux. After a while we had accumulated a few other distributions like Suse and Solaris, and after installed for a few months we realised that we had thrown ourselves in the deep end this time. We were then introduced to Xandros 3.0, which has been the most intuitive OS I have found. The functionality betweeen my NTFS partitions and the ease of use network-wise is just amazing. The only thing I am worried about is the stability. From time to time the screen will sometimes screw up or sometimes freeze (is this because I have two monitors?).
If I'm gonna run linux, I don't want errors and flaws that I would only expect from microsoft :P. I have made my choice and I think that Debian is a great way to go.. I was just wondering if Ubuntu was worth downloading - as a friend of a friend tells me that it is a great substitute for XP.
If there are any other Debian distros that are XP compatible and/or similiar to then please reply.
miickEe./
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07-17-2005, 10:41 AM
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Member
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: Amsterdam
Distribution: Debian => Ubuntu => Mac Osx
Posts: 165
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Re: Another Debian-based Distro
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Originally posted by miickEe.
If there are any other Debian distros that are XP compatible and/or similiar to then please reply.
miickEe.
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Don't know anything about distros being 'XP compatible'....not even sure what that means  .
But Ubuntu is definately worth trying, also look into Mepis.
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07-17-2005, 11:37 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: the Netherlands
Distribution: debian SID
Posts: 2,170
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If you want a real debian system you can also try debian pure. This project promises to install debian with a full desktop environment, so you won't end up on the command line (which normal debian sometimes does, though it's not hard to fix it can be a bit annoying if you want GUI immediately)
edit: http://debianpure.com
Last edited by darkleaf; 07-17-2005 at 11:39 AM.
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07-18-2005, 11:46 AM
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Member
Registered: Apr 2005
Location: São Paulo - Brazil
Distribution: Mageia Linux 1
Posts: 353
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Re: Re: Another Debian-based Distro
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Originally posted by angkor
Don't know anything about distros being 'XP compatible'....not even sure what that means
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Not even sure that exists.
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07-22-2005, 07:32 PM
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Member
Registered: May 2003
Location: London
Distribution: kubuntu 8.10
Posts: 593
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ubuntu is definitely a good choice. One of the best documented around for the desktop.
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07-26-2005, 11:14 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2005
Location: Heaven
Distribution: Debian Sid/RPIOS
Posts: 4,917
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