Rejected One
I Suffer From Id10t Errors
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| Best distro of linux for a noob
what would be the best distro of linux for a beginner?
i have used very minimally Suse and Mandriva i can install them and get them up and running but i loose interest in them because well i was brought up on windows  but i want to learn how to use a linux based OS effectivly. i know enough to get me in trouble
sorry if this is a little confusing im just looking for the best distro to use for a windows user trying to convert to learn new things 
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antiserious
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Scranton, PA | ... PCLinuxOS ...
... Ubuntu ...
... IMHO ...
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jeffster1970
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| Agree's..worked with both..sorta stuck with Ubuntu..but both are great.
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donoreo
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If you get bored with Suse and Mandriva, a noob distro will bore you even more (I consider both of those very noob friendly). Install Slackware, that will keep you going for a bit. Try a pure Debian install, that might be a bit easier. Then again you could always go Gentoo...
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Rejected One
I Suffer From Id10t Errors
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| thanks for the replies
i think i will download them and give them all a try and see what works best for me.
thanks again all |
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Vampirefo
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Huntington, WV | I suspect you will get bored with those OS also, besides the ones recommended, Mepis is a good one also.
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Rejected One
I Suffer From Id10t Errors
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| i should claify my bordem a little i was bored with them because in the situation i was in i had to be wireless and i know many of you have set these up but apparently none of the distros liked the wireless card i have and i was confused on installing the wireless wrapper for the windows drivers and i got bored not having internet on it so i kept fromatting and going back to just windows. |
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ftzsee
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MS Linux (site appears to be down ATM; google cache here) or LFS |
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yock
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Contrary to popular belief, we don't like things to be hard to do. If a distro is popular among Linux users, chances are you'll be able to use it just fine. If you would direct your attention to DistroWatch, as recommended by the posting disclaimer, you'd see several popular distributions.
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computerman0
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Knoppix
runs off of a cd and is easy to use with a great community for support |
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Kakalaky
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Depends on what you want to do. If you just want to get linux installed and use it easily, I recommend ubuntu. If you want to learn everything you can about linux, go with slackware. |
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Goldman
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It's not down. It's moved. Here's the new site for MS Linux |
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Rejected One
I Suffer From Id10t Errors
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clubs: | thanks for all the great info i have most of them downloaded. soon as i move partitioning i will go |
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greEd
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Odenton, MD
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If you want to keep it simple and use linux for web browsing / email / chat etc, etc, here's another vote for Ubuntu. I love it for my desktop needs.
If you get bored and really want to "learn linux" install a distribution like debian but leave out X. Dump yourself on the command line and start cutting your teeth.
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| another vote for Ubuntu here. A great way to learn is to screw up a video driver install, completely brick your Xserver, and try to come back from command line. heheh.
But, in all seriousness, an Operating System is just that. What makes linux cool are all the amazing and powerful apps out there. IMHO, getting your repositories dialed in is the biggest hurdle. |
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