which linux is better for me

malachipunith · 07-21-2006, 08:23 AM

Hi everone

I have PC with pentium 2.6 GHz processor, intel 800 MHz FSB, 256 MB RAM, 80 GB HDD, I am new to linux world
and I want to purchase linux with 3D Desktop features
please suggest me which linux should i go for
bye everyone.

b0uncer · 07-21-2006, 08:26 AM

First of all I suggest you buy more RAM if you want to enjoy something called "3D"..

Then again, this has been asked multiple times. It's 100% up to you - Ubuntu, Fedora, SuSE, ...there are a million choices. Go search google for "best distro"

jonaskoelker · 07-21-2006, 01:31 PM

There's no universal "best distro", as b0uncer has said. However, there's probably a "best distro for you", and these sites might help you find out:

Otherwise, google for "linux distro chooser"

Electro · 07-21-2006, 02:41 PM

IMHO, the best distribution is Gentoo because all configuring and installing is done in CLI (Command Line Interface). Also it compiles before installing to get the features that I want instead what the maintainer thinks I should have. Gentoo uses utilities like emerge to automate the configuring, compiling, installing steps, so I can do other things while it is installing desire programs. Gentoo is easy but tedious to install. This hard to say to a novice user because the term easy is bullshit to the novice user. Novice users will say Gentoo is hard and tedious to install. The hard part is configuring the kernel, configuring the bootloader, and following instructions. When the user gets to install desktop related programs, it is no sweat. The user can just walk away for a half to a whole day while Gentoo install the programs.

As always, the decision of Linux distribution to pick is up to. This means nothing to a novice user because there are thousands to pick from. If you want a cut and dry answer, Ubuntu seems to be novice user choice instead of Fedora, Mandriva, Suse. It seems it has the least amount of problems. Though I have never used Ubuntu to find out if this is true.

Your computer is fine. Just make the swap partition big like a gigabyte or two.

BTW, SUSE is proprietary, so it is different to install graphics card software than in other distributions.

jonaskoelker · 07-22-2006, 09:22 AM

I would recommend you stay away from gentoo until you have at least a year's worth of experience with (GNU/)Linux, including knowing your way around the command line (basically because the change may be too overwhelming). Ubuntu aims to be easy to use and (to some extent) be reasonably easy to switch to if you're used to windows.

So, I second Ubuntu as a cut and dry answer.