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Which linux distribution should I choose?

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Post December 25th, 2005, 7:53 pm

i guess graphicals are ok from time to time, as long as they let you know whats going on, verbose if you will (unlike windows). but i must say gentoo is so much fun to install.
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Post December 25th, 2005, 7:53 pm

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Post December 25th, 2005, 9:36 pm

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but i must say gentoo is so much fun to install.


i HATE gentoo's installation :evil: lol
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Post December 26th, 2005, 5:42 pm

its just fun putting in all the commands and having controll over everything. i do admit i hate emerging gnome. that takes FOREVER! ARG i hate it. i hate thinking about it cause im gonna install gentoo on this box sometime this week. i shudder at the thought of emerging gnome.
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Post December 26th, 2005, 10:06 pm

mm...i've only installed gentoo once.
and it failed.
lol i'm considering trying it again though...i've advanced in my knowledge of linux since i first tried greatly so i don't think itd be as bad.
i think the most annoying part though is having to mount the disk and go through all of that shyte and yea i forgot what i was saying b/c people started talking to me. lol
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Post December 28th, 2005, 2:18 pm

well hey im quite familiar with the installation since ive done it multiple times so if you need any help im right here.
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Post December 29th, 2005, 11:32 am

Enjoi_Panda_Man wrote:
well hey im quite familiar with the installation since ive done it multiple times so if you need any help im right here.


kk, good to know.
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Post December 30th, 2005, 3:30 am

I suggest Ubuntu for starter its a very friendly distro has a lot of Needed applications and its very stable no bugs and freeze and non of that crap

u may learn more here [link]
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Post March 11th, 2009, 3:40 am

I'm sorry for digging up an extremely old thread but I wanted to thank you for the link to that site. I used it to determine that I should be using Kubuntu or Fedora. It also suggested OpenSUSE but it's almost 5gb and I just don't know that I want a 5gb OS, sheesh.

Anyway, thanks again for the awesome link. Can't wait to get my laptop and try out some linux on it! Should be here tomorrow!
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Post March 11th, 2009, 8:36 am

So did you order the laptop with linux preinstalled (like the dells with ubuntu) or are you doing it yourself?
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Post March 12th, 2009, 12:57 am

For people who never used Linux before, i think it is better to use Ubuntu. It is frendly on instalation and prety user interface.
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Post March 12th, 2009, 10:59 am

The installers for most of them are getting pretty user friendly nowadays. I tried ubuntu once but am not a gnome person, but I suppose kubuntu would be alright. I'll defend redhat\fedora and slackware till death.
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Post March 14th, 2009, 8:55 am

My suggestion is that you apply for a Linux ubutu CD for free.Here is the link
http://shipit.ubuntu.com/
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Post March 18th, 2009, 12:18 pm

try them all imo >.>
no one ever said you can only use one ;]
+ they're free ^_^
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Post March 27th, 2009, 12:54 pm

Agreed.
Like Mr Spork, I also write about my interest in alcoholic beverages.

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