Distribution reccomended ?
Hi all,
I am somewhat new to Linux. I have done a few tasks in bash, and I have used a few of the main distros (Ubuntu and derivatives, Slax, DSL, Debian). Well, I was wondering. I am getting a laptop in a few weeks, and I am wondering, what distribution would you recommend for my needs? I would want something with a GUI, but I would also want to be able to use the Terminal easily. I am thinking Ubuntu, but I would be fine with trying Debian with GNOME or a desktop manager like it. Any reccomendations or suggestions? I am willing to learn some things out of this. -- PoisonSerpent |
If you are completely new to linux .... Then use ubuntu.
openSUSE 11.2 is new one, which is faster than ubuntu 9.10. SuSE installation is also quite easier than other distibutions. |
Try Linux Mint 8 or openSUSE 11.2. I would stay away from ubuntu 9.10 if I were you.
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You might want to try a some what of a newcomer distro, Pardus 2009. It sports the KDE desktop environment, and many useful apps. I'm presently evaluating it on VMware, and am quite pleased. Just Google Pardus 2009. I can't post the link this is my first posting as a newbie to LinuxQuestions.
Also you might try OpenSuse 11.2, Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope stay away from 9.10 Karmic its still a little flakey and uses newer Grub2 which I'm not yet fond of. You might also try test driving these distros using VMware. Best Regards, SherlockOhms |
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EDIT: Nevermind. I figured it out. Thanks again for the help. I will post again when I install it (within 20 days). Thanks, PoisonSerpent |
One more thing...
If I were to choose to dual boot, could I resize a NTFS partition in the OpenSuse setup? I would be sure to defragment the Windows partition ~5 times. |
Dual boot: openSUSE 11.2 installation
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http://anl4u.com/?p=176 Best Regards, SherlockOhms |
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