What version of Linux looks the coolest?

Darman

Darman

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I want something with a fun gui, and function isn't too big of a concern, as long as it does media and the internet.
 
I'm not too experienced with Linux, but I have Ubuntu and it has this frickin sweet stretchy aspect to the windows when you move them around. The windows kind of have inertia, so say if you grab the corner of the window and fling it across the screen, it will sort of stretch/distort the window for a second. Think flubber. Oh and the four-desktop cube effect is always cool.
 
You can get a good looking Linux in any distro. Ubuntu has Compiz by default, which is what Omnicia was describing. It's not as advanced as Beryl, which is what Sabayon comes with by default.

It's so easy to install Beryl and Compiz that you might as well pick any distro and install Beryl on it. But if I had to recommend a distro for this, I would recommend LinuxMint. It's based on Ubuntu, comes with Beryl installed, and has a great menu system.
 
20thCenturyBoy said:
You can get a good looking Linux in any distro. Ubuntu has Compiz by default, which is what Omnicia was describing. It's not as advanced as Beryl, which is what Sabayon comes with by default.

It's so easy to install Beryl and Compiz that you might as well pick any distro and install Beryl on it. But if I had to recommend a distro for this, I would recommend LinuxMint. It's based on Ubuntu, comes with Beryl installed, and has a great menu system.
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he said MEDIA, you need to wake up.
probably we wants media mp3/wma/videos at default.
ubuntu does not have that at default..SABAYON does
 
Linux Mint is fine for media. It already comes with mp3 player and Mplayer and it's not like it's hard to install any new apps? Anyway, again Dream Linux has great looks from the get go and it was designed for media hence MM = Multi Media.
 
patrickv said:
yeah,sorry about that mate, been having personal problems lately and my rage is still on
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No problem bro, we all have those kinds of days.

Continuing from theresthatguy's post; I think DreamLinux is also another great choice. It's Debian-based, like Ubuntu and Mint, and I think it comes with MORE codecs by default then Mint. I believe it's also a Xfce desktop by default, which is my favorite.
 
Dreamlinux looks great and feels great at first...... but it SUCKS!!!!!

It has some serious problems such as bad shortcut recognition. Sometimes if you delete a shortcut you delete serious system files. I am not extremely Linux savy, and I'm sure if you're very good, Dreamlinux good be the Distro for you. If you've used OSX, you know that when you drag and drop an icon from the dock, it poofs into thin air, and is sometimes hard to find. Dreamlinux is like that for everything. For a lack of better words, it SUCKS!

Honestly, if you've never used Linux, use Ubuntu(the normal one). For a long time Windows user, it's pretty hard to use, but it makes you learn its tricks. On the other hand, it's one of the easiest Linux Distro's to use, so you'll be able to handle it. I love Ubuntu, but after i reinstalled and upgraded from 32 bit to 64 bit, the 8800 gts drivers won't install. I've reinstalled many times in both 32 bit and 64 bit nothing works anymore. Good luck to you. If you put some time into Ubuntu, you will love it :).
 
PresidentJFJ said:
Dreamlinux looks great and feels great at first...... but it SUCKS!!!!!

It has some serious problems such as bad shortcut recognition. Sometimes if you delete a shortcut you delete serious system files. I am not extremely Linux savy, and I'm sure if you're very good, Dreamlinux good be the Distro for you. If you've used OSX, you know that when you drag and drop an icon from the dock, it poofs into thin air, and is sometimes hard to find. Dreamlinux is like that for everything. For a lack of better words, it SUCKS!

Honestly, if you've never used Linux, use Ubuntu(the normal one). For a long time Windows user, it's pretty hard to use, but it makes you learn its tricks. On the other hand, it's one of the easiest Linux Distro's to use, so you'll be able to handle it. I love Ubuntu, but after i reinstalled and upgraded from 32 bit to 64 bit, the 8800 gts drivers won't install. I've reinstalled many times in both 32 bit and 64 bit nothing works anymore. Good luck to you. If you put some time into Ubuntu, you will love it :).
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I am fairly new to Linux as well and I don't find it too difficult or DreamLinux for that matter. I've not had any problems using it. Its by far my favorite especially with xfce by default.
 
theresthatguy said:
I am fairly new to Linux as well and I don't find it too difficult or DreamLinux for that matter. I've not had any problems using it. Its by far my favorite especially with xfce by default.
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one of the reasons you don't find dream difficult is because you have everything installed by default.
unlike distro's like suse and others they don't have anything related to media (mp3,wma),java,C+ compiler ,etc..etc..so its a pain going to the package manager and installing them 1 by 1..lol
last time i remember installing PSI Instant messenger on BLAGLINUX was 17MB..and in windows i think this is only 5mb..
wtf ?
 
patrickv said:
one of the reasons you don't find dream difficult is because you have everything installed by default.
unlike distro's like suse and others they don't have anything related to media (mp3,wma),java,C+ compiler ,etc..etc..so its a pain going to the package manager and installing them 1 by 1..lol
last time i remember installing PSI Instant messenger on BLAGLINUX was 17MB..and in windows i think this is only 5mb..
wtf ?
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I never said I haven't used any other distros. I've used the packet manager and apt-get command plenty of times already. Most distros I've come across have had media players of sorts. You make it sound like it's difficult?
 
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