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2012-05-12
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Originally Posted by don_falcone
I have recommended Mint myself many times, and was one of its early fans. I wonder why it borrowed so heavily from Ubuntu if Ubuntu is such horse manure. In fact, such intolerant rhetoric on your part says a lot more about you than about Ubuntu.
Having several years of experiences with Ubuntu and OpenSUSE (both @home and professionally, a beginner couldnt possibly be more frustrated with their many (mainly through lazy QA) issues. Please drop suggesting such horse m
anure. Give Mint a try.
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2012-05-12
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+1 for mint for first time linux desktop
after a bit maybe you go to ubuntu for the wide reach and large user base
several years down, you will probably just run debian and a light desktop environment. I use debian and xfce.
after a bit maybe you go to ubuntu for the wide reach and large user base
several years down, you will probably just run debian and a light desktop environment. I use debian and xfce.
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2012-05-12
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@ Republic of the Philippines
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#45
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@dumpystig
you got lots of replies pretty quick!
i'm a partial ubuntu user (work demands windows). i don't like the unity interface. i suggest you try it first before going full install.
stats at distrowatch show Mint above Ubuntu in terms of hits per day. Ubuntu was consistently number one before they used Unity.
you got lots of replies pretty quick!
i'm a partial ubuntu user (work demands windows). i don't like the unity interface. i suggest you try it first before going full install.
stats at distrowatch show Mint above Ubuntu in terms of hits per day. Ubuntu was consistently number one before they used Unity.
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2012-05-12
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I agree with Ubuntu and Mint as recommendations. Ubuntu has a windows installer. http://www.ubuntu.com/download/deskt...dows-installer You click on the exe, download and reboot.
I would add http://crunchbanglinux.org/ It's not as friendly, but it's fast. PCLinuxOS http://www.pclinuxos.com/ is newbie friendly. it has good hardware support and easy configuration tools. And puppy linux http://puppylinux.org/ just because it's fun. WOOF
You could and should try linux live cds, or put it on a usbck.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/ that way you can try different linux distros and you won't hurt your windows install.
If you're interested in the few people suggesting Gentoo, I would suggest sabayon http://www.sabayon.org/ instead. It's Gentoo with no fuss.
I would add http://crunchbanglinux.org/ It's not as friendly, but it's fast. PCLinuxOS http://www.pclinuxos.com/ is newbie friendly. it has good hardware support and easy configuration tools. And puppy linux http://puppylinux.org/ just because it's fun. WOOF
You could and should try linux live cds, or put it on a usbck.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/ that way you can try different linux distros and you won't hurt your windows install.
If you're interested in the few people suggesting Gentoo, I would suggest sabayon http://www.sabayon.org/ instead. It's Gentoo with no fuss.
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2012-05-12
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@ Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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Originally Posted by shinogami
I agree with Shinogami, but use 12.04 which is the new LTS... I think SHinomi meant:
Can't go wrong with Ubuntu. That's what I dualboot my Macbook with. I believe they just released a new Long Term Support version (I'm on 10.04). If you don't like the default GUI (unity) you can install gnome just by typing "atp-get install gnome" or something like that to the shell (might be a good idea if you have big monitor(s))..
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
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2012-05-12
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i never wanted to change winblows but after reading you guys cheering over here i like the idea about installing a linux distro but if im thinking about installing a rude distro 
(for h*ck*ng) which one it should be ? backtrack ?
./sifo
(for h*ck*ng) which one it should be ? backtrack ?./sifo
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2012-05-12
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Originally Posted by www.rzr.online.fr
Meaning what? :-)
Ohh no ! welcome to the linux world
Shortly, rpm is better than deb because it by default (Fedora) supports embedded GPG signatures (to avoid MITM vulnerability in deb), delta software packages (.drpm) and transactions; all which are useful for security, integrity and speed and are not supported in typical deb package system and in deb distributions.
Originally Posted by rm42
Out of curiosity I checked version of those in Fedora 16:
The reason I am using OpenSUSE (Tumbleweed) is because it is very up to date and very stable. For example, I am enjoying currently VLC 2.0.1, digiKam 2.5.0, and KDE 4.8.3. I doubt there is any other distro as up to date, except for the ones that are meant for very advanced users, such as Arch, and Gentoo.
Code:
# yum info vlc | grep Version Version : 1.1.13 # yum info digiKam | grep Version Version : 2.5.0 # yum info kde-runtime | grep Version Version : 4.8.3
The newer VLC is also available to install from repository rpmfusion-free-rawhide:
Code:
# yum --enablerepo=rpmfusion-free-rawhide info vlc | grep Version Version : 2.0.1
https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/
Needs about 1 GB usb-stick, which when created is useful to have ~300 MB persistent space and install rpmfusion repositories right after the first boot, so patent encumbered software packages can be installed (like MP3-support).
Debian is user friendly
Calculate is gentoo based "out of the box", but i dont like idea, but for beginner...
My first and current is Gentoo(And Funtoo)