Fedora is awesome. But starting of from a RPM based linux is a little difficult. The best part about Fedora are the communities.
Also you can always get the remastered version of Ubuntu, linked in this thread, has plenty of software which come in handy.
Even I found Linux Mint 12 very buggy. I...
In ICS messaging app the number is only displayed at the top.
You can try Go SMS Pro, it has the same thing, it will display number at the top.
I use Go SMS Pro on ICS. Checkout the Go SMS Pro screenshots https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jb.gosms&hl=en
Found this, Handcent...
Here is a link to Ubuntu 10.04 remastered. http://foss.coep.org.in/foss/linux-iso-images/ubuntu/remastered_ubuntu_10.04_i386_32bit-dvd.iso
It is from my school's server
What?, you cannot run Windows on Wine. Wine is to run executable files based on windows platform. You would need to run a virtual machine with windows.
If this is the first time you will be using linux then I recommend a debian based distro.
I would recommend Ubuntu 10.04.
The OS link in my sig
Libre Office
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Virtual Box
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VMware Player
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Visual Studio 2010 C#,C++,Basic,Web Dev Express...
What are you trying to learn about?
If you want to learn more about the linux Kernel, building a custom distro won't help.Unless you make some changes in the kernel like make a new system call or make a new file system.
I wouldn't recommend #! to a linux newbie. I would say you should try out Xubuntu or Ubuntu.I would also suggest reading up a bit on Linux.
Linux Mint is also a good option.
I am more excited for the price drops on the GTX 5xx series. And also AMD will slash their prices of the HD 7XXX series. I was waiting for the GTX 6XX series not only because of their performance but also because of the GPU price regulation. AMD's pricing is a bit much according to me for their...
Yeah I tried wget -c to resume my download from 74% but it gave an error 404.
Then I checked and all the downloads had been pulled out :(, now I will have to start from 0%.
Good it is only 1Gb, will take about 3-4 hours to download :D. Will test it out and and write back.
EDIT
Might take a bit longer getting poor download speeds.
Do include netbeans or eclipse. What will you use as a file manager? Thunar I guess.Do include Conky.
Also one modification I would suggest, I don't know whether this is an FSTAB modification or nauilus thing, but when I put Ubuntu 10.04 on my system, it detects all my windows partitions...
You are the worst advertiser ever. :P
If a guy wants to try out your OS let him. :good:
Atleast you shouldn't say things like that about your OS, since you will find plenty of other people who will do it for you.
But I agree with you,one should try it only if you have some linux CLI experience...