Best Linux OS?

alienationware

alienationware

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Hi, I'm a Newbie looking to try Linux by installing a VirtualPC Linux OS. What is the best Linux OS for everyday use and where can I get it?
 
Alot of people like Mandrake but that is up to you. You can get all versions of Linux at http://www.linuxiso.org/ All are available for download as iso files. These files are images of the disks which can be burned into the original disks using Nero burning rom or some other type of burning software.
 
At todays prices ram is super cheap. 512mb of ram could be bought for $40. Checkout newegg.com for ram prices. I don't know what variety of ram you have but regardless of the type you have the prices are super cheap. A ram upgrade is cheap and easy. Linux will run better with more memory, not to mention doubling the speed of your computer.
 
Pauly said:
At todays prices ram is super cheap. 512mb of ram could be bought for $40. Checkout newegg.com for ram prices. I don't know what variety of ram you have but regardless of the type you have the prices are super cheap. A ram upgrade is cheap and easy. Linux will run better with more memory, not to mention doubling the speed of your computer.
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There is about a 99.999% chance that you cannot put 512MB of RAM in a computer that currently has 32MB.

My friend is running Suse with 64MB, and it works fine. Just find an older version.
 
If possible check and see if motherboard will support more than 32mb of memory and install it. Why would you want to run an older version of linux, it is kind of like installing Windows 3.11. Big time out dated. Since Linux is open source you would be missing out on all the features Linux has to offer. An older version will get your feet wet but if you really want to run Linux it is better to get the most out of it. There are several versions of linux with hundreds of new features. Older versions have limited features.Check out the site I mention and see what each version has to offer and make your choice. There are descriptions of each version on that site. But the choice is yours. This is just my opinion. I have tried several versions and I would try the newest versions if I wanted to learn Linux. Older versions are not in use today and would do nothing in the way of learning what Linux has become over the years.If you were a linux user and wanted to run windows would you install 3.1. I don't think so. The choice is yours, but most of all have fun learning
 
If possible check and see if motherboard will support more than 32mb of memory and install it. Why would you want to run an older version of linux, it is kind of like installing Windows 3.11.
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because the older version will run on his hardware and may do all that he wants
 
i would agree with pauly the new versions of linux are both easy to use and easy to learn about, but what ever you choose will give you a different idea of operating systems on the whole, simply because windows isn't the only os and people think this because its most user friendly, well i say bollocks, linux is a nice virus distracting, free os. suse or red hat are the good ones and popular os in the linux family
 
alienationware said:
Which version of SUSE are you running?
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I installed Linux once but I didn't like it as a home OS, It's got so closed (little things to do with it) so it doesn't get affected by hackers/viruses, I guess its only for servers.
I thried installing a few programs and they didn't even have installers, you had to drag and drop each file to the directory that the readme file said.
 
Alot of distros are designed for home users, it's just not idiot proof. Installing programs is a challenge at first, I'm still getting used to it. Just installed wine and I was a bit bewhildered...but finally got it.

I vote Ubuntu, cuz' that's what I'm using and it works pretty well. Make sure you have a system faster than mine though, as it can get laggy. 400MHz+ and at least 512MB RAM for error free use.
 
Proud PCLinuxOS/Mandrake user here. I just installed PCLinuxOS and I'm very pleased. I find it a bit more user friendly than Ubuntu, Possibly SUSE at that. And with PCLinuxOS, at it is a LiveCD distro that can be installed to a hard drive, you'll know it doesn't work before you even get to install it. For your lack of RAM, you'd need a huge SWAP partition.

You may hardly be able to install Linux as it is. I was planning to install linux on an old Gateway 2000 runnung Windows 95. The BIOS don't even support running from CD. Well, it's that and the fact that the CD drive is completely dead.
The older the computer, the harder it gets to install Linux.

Another Linux distro that's pretty good: Puppy Linux. It's only 62 MB and can run on machines with (possibly) less that 32 MB of RAM.
 
Ubuntu is the best linux to start out on. It has a great packaging-get setup that allows you to get programs easier then windows. It is great for beginners, but doesnt stop there.
 
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