Which one?

johneva · Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:16 am Post subject: Which one?

Aup all

I am looking to get a Linux OS to have bit of a play around with on my new rig but need some advise on which one to go for.

I have 64 bit ability and plenty of space for a sperate partition for a dual boot, which would you recommend and where should I get it from.

Thanx John

nawalik · Joined: 24 Jun 2006 Posts: 1

ok if it will be your first linux i'll choose Mandriva/Mandrake, Ubuntu, Morphix-Knoppix this versions are for newbies in linuxes advanced versions : Linux navynOS (i thing best version of linux) and etc...

nighthawk · 250+ Club Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Posts: 416 Location: SFRJ

Mandriva and Suse are probably the best for people who never used linux before. My first linux was Slackware and it is a big mistake - it is very good OS but not very easy to use. Ubuntu is pretty good, I had it for a while, but it is not good if you have a dial-up. You can also try Debian.

nighthawk · 250+ Club Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Posts: 416 Location: SFRJ

This is old news but better late than never.

New version of Ubuntu is now available. If you don't want to download it you can order it for free. I already ordered and got older version, and now i ordered newest version, still waiting for delivery.

link

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johneva · Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:26 pm Post subject: Re: Which one?

Funny you should say that it is that one I went for in the end after I had a lot of good feedback about it in another forum I use. Smile

lalalogic · 100+ Club Joined: 16 Aug 2005 Posts: 200

I bought SuSE 9.1 two years ago, it was a very cute and easy environment but Photoshop made me switch back to windows.. Of course there's a new edition out now. I would suggest you install all SuSE, Mandrake, Ubuntu and see which suits you the most.

johneva · Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:57 pm Post subject: Re: Which one?

I will probley try a few as you say cos I am keeping My windows install for doing most stuff and installing linux on a dual boot just to have a play around with and get used to it. Smile

nighthawk · 250+ Club Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Posts: 416 Location: SFRJ

@lalalogic

You could use WINE emulator which enables you to install win programs on linux.

GIMP is very good, its almost as good as photoshop

lalalogic · 100+ Club Joined: 16 Aug 2005 Posts: 200

johneva have you tried any of those versions? Aren't they cute? Very Happy

@nighthawk
Yes I know but the emulator will need an ammount of ram and I need all the memory I can get to work large files in Photoshop. I never had the time to learn how to work with GIMP Sad

It's just that I love PS so much but I'm curious though and I will try it Smile

thnx nighthawk!

migor · Joined: 07 Jul 2006 Posts: 18 Location: India

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mwa103 · 100+ Club Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 206

Just thought I would throw this out there. What I use to test different OS on my computer is VMware Server. It a free Virtual Machine creator/server. It allows you to install different distros and run them from within windows. You can even run multiple OS's at the same time (if you have enough RAM). If you want, you can also download the linux version and create a virtual MS Windows machine.

This is a good tool for testing out different distros and seeing how they work. I use it to test websites in different web browsers. It does require quite a bit of RAM and runs a little slower than if you install the distro to the hard drive, but it comes in very handy in my line of work.

http://www.vmware.com/products/server/

There is also a VMware player. It takes up less space (server installer is almost 200mb), but you can't create your own Virtual Machines, you can only download what others have already created.

http://www.vmware.com/products/server/

-Mike

nighthawk · 250+ Club Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Posts: 416 Location: SFRJ

I forgot to mention that you can order Kubuntu (ubuntu with KDE) for free as well as Ubuntu

link

johneva · Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 9:48 pm Post subject: Re: Which one?

Thats great but what is KDE?

Remember I have never used Linux before.

I have downloaded Ubuntu but not installed it yet as I just have not had time, as I know drivers are a problem with Linux OS's, if it were as easy to install and get working as Windows I would have done it a couple of weeks ago now. Sad

migor · Joined: 07 Jul 2006 Posts: 18 Location: India

johneva · Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:28 am Post subject: Re: Which one?

Thats what I have also done just left some space on my HDD so I can set it up as a dual boot.

Thing is I messed up really cos when I did the RAID 0 on my HDD I did it for the all of both HDDs, problem being I have been told Linux dont support RAID.