Greetings Everyone

Phil k. · 10-25-2011, 08:35 PM

How's everyone? I'm Phil, and new to the community so I though I'd say hi to everyone. I've been using linux a little over a year and I love it.

jefro · 10-25-2011, 08:38 PM

Howdy Phil!

Cultist · 10-25-2011, 08:57 PM

Welcome to LQ, Phil!

What distro do you use?

etech3 · 10-25-2011, 09:20 PM

Welcome to LQ

xDevlinx21 · 10-26-2011, 05:56 PM

Welcome! I'm new to LQ myself.

Using Dual Boot with Windows 7 Home Premium & Ubuntu. Just started with Linux and I'm semi liking it so far. Wish I had a better first experience.

etech3 · 10-26-2011, 08:41 PM

Welcome to you too xDevlinx21

Phil k. · 10-27-2011, 05:31 PM

Thanks Cultist, I use Ubuntu. I'm told this is supposed to be the best Linux distro for newbies. Would you recommend other distro for casual web developer?

-Phil

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Originally Posted by Cultist

Welcome to LQ, Phil!

What distro do you use?

Cultist · 10-27-2011, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Phil k.

Thanks Cultist, I use Ubuntu. I'm told this is supposed to be the best Linux distro for newbies. Would you recommend other distro for casual web developer?

-Phil

I normally recommend Mint for new Linux users since it tends to be as user-friendly and more stable than Ubuntu.

For web developing, I don't know of any distros that are more suited to the task than others

Phil k. · 10-27-2011, 05:46 PM

Thanks xDevlinx21, and welcome to the Linux world - it looks like we are both new. When I first started with Linux I was actually dual booting with windows at least for four days - I then realized that such approach wasn't efficient enough for me, so started virtualizing ubuntu. This seemed to work well although it required much more work.

Good to hear you are liking it so far - I'm sure you will like it that you will dump windows like I did. Linux community is awesome, and helpful - that's were I learned to fix most of my problems.

-Phil

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Originally Posted by xDevlinx21

Welcome! I'm new to LQ myself.

Using Dual Boot with Windows 7 Home Premium & Ubuntu. Just started with Linux and I'm semi liking it so far. Wish I had a better first experience.

Phil k. · 10-27-2011, 05:56 PM

Sweet! I like stable systems, I'm therefore going to try Mint - hopefully the commands aren't that different.

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Originally Posted by Cultist

I normally recommend Mint for new Linux users since it tends to be as user-friendly and more stable than Ubuntu.

For web developing, I don't know of any distros that are more suited to the task than others

xDevlinx21 · 10-27-2011, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Phil k.

Thanks xDevlinx21, and welcome to the Linux world - I'm sure you will like it that you will dump windows like I did. Linux community is awesome, and helpful - that's were I learned to fix most of my problems.

-Phil

I don't think I'll ever dump Windows on my laptop. I think it'll always be a dual boot for me. I may set up a dedicated desktop computer strictly for Linux but never for my laptop. I play too many games on here to switch solely to Linux and from my understanding, Linux doesn't support PC Gaming. And I need it to organize my iPod and a few other things. But I am liking now that I have a stable version installed and running perfectly! 11.10 just doesn't want to cooperate with me, so I'm sticking with 11.04 of Ubuntu.

raveinfosys · 10-29-2011, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Phil k.

How's everyone? I'm Phil, and new to the community so I though I'd say hi to everyone. I've been using linux a little over a year and I love it.

Great Phil! I am too using Linux since several years. My experience with Linux is fantastic and i recommend it to everyone.
Thanks and welcome Phil
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popeye123 · 10-29-2011, 08:49 AM

Hi guys and gals. I am new to Linux, but not computers. I am considering about running Linux for security reasons, but I am hesitant about learning a new language. Decisions....decisions.