Which one?

johneva · **Posted:** Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:16 am

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:** Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:49 am **Posts:** 0

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 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:38 pm

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 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:21 pm

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

It is comletely free![/url]

johneva · **Posted:** Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:26 pm

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.

lalalogic · **Joined:** Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:02 am **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

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.

nighthawk · **Posted:** Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:56 pm

@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 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:02 am **Posts:** 200

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

@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

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

thnx nighthawk!

migor · **Posted:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 6:49 am

http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php?lang=en

take this test to find the distribution suiitable for you.

mwa103 · **Joined:** Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:55 pm **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 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 16, 2006 9:08 pm

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

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.

migor · **Posted:** Mon Jul 17, 2006 8:00 am

johneva wrote:

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.

KDE (www.kde.org) is know as K Desktop Environment. Its is basically a desktop environment.... there are two desktop environments in Linux.... Gnome(www.gnome.org) and KDE....... Gnome is more customizable while KDE is known for its ease of use. Ubuntu uses Gnome where as Kubuntu comes with KDE...

Well I uses a very simple method to install linux OS on my system.... I just kept about 8 gb of free space of my hard drive... That space can be left unpartitioned while installing Xp.... and when I install linux..... I choose Install in the largest free space option. That way linux is installed on my system without any troubles not risking my data.

johneva · **Posted:** Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:28 am

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.

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