Best Linux version?

catocom said:
I burnt and started the 0.8.x
I thought it was live, but not.
I guess they haven't gotten the live ready yet...
http://www.delilinux.org/wiki/doku.php?id=devel:livecd

I don't want ti install just yet, so I'll hold the iso for a while.
I'm going to try DSL, and puppy on this old hp..piii 800mhz 128mb ram, and 30gb HD.

I tried xubuntu, and it's not very workable, although it does creep.
Mepis is slow but works.
It's got 'windows me', so I should be able to beat that. :D
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just tried Nimble X, and mepis anti-x.
Both had excellent hardware detection.
NimbleX was really slow on the old 33mhz bus CD drive, but it loaded preconfigured
with flash in ff.
I couldn't get the menu to work though.

Antix was a little faster, and seemed to work ok, but still slow.
It would probably be decent installed.
I have regular simplyMepis installed on it w/kde 3.5, and it's ok, but nothing special.
Barley workable without hair pulling.
 
just tried two more flavors...
PClinuxOS
xfce, ans lxde
both had good hardware detection, like the last two above.
xfce was about the same speed...real slow with ff browser.
lxde was livable, and about twice as fast, and using the midori broswer.
http://www.twotoasts.de/index.php?/pages/midori_summary.html

both browser preset with flash installed.

so...so far PClinusOS w/lxde is on top with this older comp.
 
Alright, I am going to download Ubuntu for my laptop. The laptop is a hand-me-down. It is an HP one. I few questions...

1. Do I need to update the laptop with the HP updates before I install Ubuntu?

2. I do not want to partition the laptop to keep Windows. I want to replace it completely with Linux. Should I get rid of the old programs that were installed or will that be taken care when I switch to Linux?

3. I am going to download the CD image and then burn it to a CD in order to install it on my laptop. It asks me, before I download the image, if I use a 32 or 64 bit system on Windows. I use a 64 bit on the computer I'm going to download from, but the laptop that I want Ubunto on is only 32 bit. Do I download the 32 or the 64 bit version on my computer?
 
Yes, I should get rid of the old programs or was that yes to Linux will take care of it?

Just confirming.
 
Yeah Linux will have a utility similar to Winders
that will allow you to delete all the current partitions
and create new ones.

Allow Linux to create its own partitions.

Linux has a different partition scheme and bootloader
than what you may be familiar with..

Also Linux comes with all the 'applications' built in
that you'd ever want to use, that is if you can figure out
how to install and use them

but that's the fun of Linux, you'll spend hours just trying to do
the simplest things!

Not knowing something about linux in this day and age is like
not knowing that Quantum mechanics has superseded Bohr’s model.
 
Yeah, there is definitely a learning curve.

I have the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx version which is the latest out at the moment. My first step was wanting to install the latest Mozilla build of Firefox that automatically updates like it should as I do not want to use Ubuntu's build. It seems difficult to find out how.
 
Alright, I think I am getting better with it! For those that have the version I am using, after I did the software updates, when it now loads the logo no longer shows but just some white text saying 10.04. I thought that was weird. Anyone know what happened?
 
Gonz said:
Which is why I gave it up. Too much trouble.
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Too much trouble to type apt-get install [whatever] in a command prompt window? Hell, half the time it even finishes the package name for you.
Gotholic said:
It went away. Not sure how. Sweetness.
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Keep playing with it. It only gets easier. Don't be afraid to check out the various fora and "how-to" repositories. "How-tos" are your friend and if you haven't discovered them yet, look for some. Linux users are to newbies as evangelical christians are to the newly converted. ;)

BTW, once you get comfortable with Gnome, learn the command line. It's the bomb. After you do you'll probably want to download PowerShell for your Windows computer.
 
chcr said:
Too much trouble to type apt-get install [whatever] in a command prompt window?
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That is more info than I had, or would get when I tried. However, even that is not a GUI self-install is it?
 
chcr said:
BTW, once you get comfortable with Gnome, learn the command line. It's the bomb. After you do you'll probably want to download PowerShell for your Windows computer.
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I have bash, vim, ls, cp, mv, grep, ssh, gcc, wget et al installed in Windows. Hell, I even went the extra step and mounted the D: partition in a directory within C: so that I could have access the *nix way (C:\ is / )

I can't stand shitty windows terminals. :D
 
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