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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
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.
EDIT: I said I looked at the top 10 list, and narrowed it down.
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.
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. !!!
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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