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02-01-2005, 08:28 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: islamabad
Posts: 4
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which distro is best for a beginner!
Hi!
I want to switch to Linux, but having a large number of distros available and being a novice in Linux i dont know which distro is best suited for me...plz tell me what distro shall i install..!
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02-01-2005, 01:27 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Potchefstroom, South Africa
Distribution: Fedora 17 - 3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64
Posts: 1,552
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RedHAT! RedHAT! RedHAT!
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02-01-2005, 03:14 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: N. E. England
Distribution: Fedora, CentOS, Debian
Posts: 16,298
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This is one question thats guaranteed to appear almost everyday Do we have a sticky somewhere for it, if not I think one should be created.
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02-01-2005, 05:04 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Kent, England
Distribution: Debian Testing
Posts: 19,192
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If we create it, no none will read it. In Linux-General, there is a sticky about installing from source and from rpm. Thing is, it seems that it's easier to create a new thread than look for an old one.
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02-02-2005, 03:29 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: N. E. England
Distribution: Fedora, CentOS, Debian
Posts: 16,298
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You are probably right, it looks like there are lot members who don't search through previous threads to ceck if other people have had similar problems.
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02-02-2005, 03:37 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Salt Lake City, UT - USA
Distribution: Gentoo ; LFS ; Kubuntu ; CentOS ; Raspbian
Posts: 12,613
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As noted above, there are threads galore on this issue, no need for yet another
Thanks! Closed.
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