What OS should I try?

Egon · 09-28-2007, 04:24 PM

I found an old harddrive with no OS and I thought it would be nice to try something other then Windows. What do you guys recommend? I've been thinking about ubuntu.

patrickv · 09-28-2007, 04:31 PM

yeah , after that you can also try dream Linux, it's pretty and very lightweight, and looks like OSX

andy faith · 09-28-2007, 04:39 PM

never heard of dream linux. yeh ubuntu is a good choice, you could try freespire, I like that. It looks like windows...but its better.

f.i.t.h · 09-28-2007, 09:57 PM

Yea, Ubuntu or Kubuntu are probably the best for a new user trying to learn how to use Linux

PC eye · 09-28-2007, 10:45 PM

Besides ubuntu there are a good number of other small distros like Zenwalk, Knppix, Darnsmall, Puppy Linux, etc. that won't use much drive space if that is a small capcity drive like a 2, 3, 4, 6gb size drive. FreeDos, Solaris, OSX are a few orher types. The usual advice seen is to try a few live for cd versions of various distros in order to determine which is the most suitable for you. KDE or Gnome desktop is another consideration to add to that. Grub or Lilo boot loader.

Linux is open source and therefore sees various releases for each version. You can run some distro through a virtual machine in Windows to see which one you will go with. Some newer releases can now see MS types of programs/games run on them.

spanky · 09-28-2007, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patrickv

yeah , after that you can also try dream Linux, it's pretty and very lightweight, and looks like OSX

dream linux ftw. i like it a lot.

PC eye · 09-29-2007, 12:16 AM

The one thing about live distros ia that you can rescue files even off of drives with MS type partitions while booting from a live for cd distro. There's been a few articles seen on Knoppix while other distros can be used as well.

Some like Gentoo, Mephis, Mandriva and ubuntu live can alos save the day at times in that catagory. The live distros usually see QParted or GParted included for partitioning as well.

CamBlack · 09-30-2007, 04:09 PM

All I can say is.... Ubuntu ftw

PC eye · 09-30-2007, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CamBlack

All I can say is.... Ubuntu ftw

Have you tried other distros?

09-28-2007, 04:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
Egon Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 21 Posts: 407	What OS should I try? I found an old harddrive with no OS and I thought it would be nice to try something other then Windows. What do you guys recommend? I've been thinking about ubuntu.

09-28-2007, 04:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
patrickv Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Soul Chamber Posts: 5,562	yeah , after that you can also try dream Linux, it's pretty and very lightweight, and looks like OSX __________________ Laptop: Thinkpad X60: Core2Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,110GB SATA -winXP ProSP2 Work Desktop: Core Duo E2180 @ 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,240GB HD - XP PRO SP2

09-28-2007, 04:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
andy faith Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Coventry Age: 19 Posts: 276	never heard of dream linux. yeh ubuntu is a good choice, you could try freespire, I like that. It looks like windows...but its better. __________________ Main PC: Athlon XP 2400+, 1GB RAM, Geforce4 Ti 4200, Asrock K7S8X mobo, 2x40GB HDD. NEC DVDRW, Pioneer DVD\CDRW Backup PC: Athlon XP 2000+, 512MB RAM, 60GB HDD, Radeon 7500 Main Laptop: Inspiron 6400: Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz, 80GB SATA HDD, 2GB PC2-4200, DVD-RW, Radeon X1300 Backup laptop: Latitude D410, Pentium M 1.73GHz, 60GB HDD, 1GB RAM, DVD-ROM

09-28-2007, 10:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	Besides ubuntu there are a good number of other small distros like Zenwalk, Knppix, Darnsmall, Puppy Linux, etc. that won't use much drive space if that is a small capcity drive like a 2, 3, 4, 6gb size drive. FreeDos, Solaris, OSX are a few orher types. The usual advice seen is to try a few live for cd versions of various distros in order to determine which is the most suitable for you. KDE or Gnome desktop is another consideration to add to that. Grub or Lilo boot loader. Linux is open source and therefore sees various releases for each version. You can run some distro through a virtual machine in Windows to see which one you will go with. Some newer releases can now see MS types of programs/games run on them. __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

09-29-2007, 12:16 AM	#7 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	The one thing about live distros ia that you can rescue files even off of drives with MS type partitions while booting from a live for cd distro. There's been a few articles seen on Knoppix while other distros can be used as well. Some like Gentoo, Mephis, Mandriva and ubuntu live can alos save the day at times in that catagory. The live distros usually see QParted or GParted included for partitioning as well. __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

09-28-2007, 09:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
f.i.t.h Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Zealand Age: 15 Posts: 385	Yea, Ubuntu or Kubuntu are probably the best for a new user trying to learn how to use Linux

09-30-2007, 04:09 PM	#8 (permalink)
CamBlack Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Big Rapids, Michigan Posts: 47	All I can say is.... Ubuntu ftw __________________ Sincerely, Cameron R. Black http://camblack.net http://club1069radio.com Objects In The Mirror Are Closer Then They Appear

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