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Re: Can you recommend a Linux version for beginner

Gentoo/Funtoo if you want to get exp and understand it
Debian is user friendly
Calculate is gentoo based "out of the box", but i dont like idea, but for beginner...

My first and current is Gentoo(And Funtoo)

Re: Can you recommend a Linux version for beginner

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Originally Posted by don_falcone (Post 1205391)

Having several years of experiences with Ubuntu and OpenSUSE (both @home and professionally, a beginner couldnt possibly be more frustrated with their many (mainly through lazy QA) issues. Please drop suggesting such horse m
anure. Give Mint a try.

I have recommended Mint myself many times, and was one of its early fans. I wonder why it borrowed so heavily from Ubuntu if Ubuntu is such horse manure. In fact, such intolerant rhetoric on your part says a lot more about you than about Ubuntu.

Re: Can you recommend a Linux version for beginner

+1 for mint for first time linux desktop

after a bit maybe you go to ubuntu for the wide reach and large user base

several years down, you will probably just run debian and a light desktop environment. I use debian and xfce.

Re: Can you recommend a Linux version for beginner

@dumpystig
you got lots of replies pretty quick! :)
i'm a partial ubuntu user (work demands windows). i don't like the unity interface. i suggest you try it first before going full install.
stats at distrowatch show Mint above Ubuntu in terms of hits per day. Ubuntu was consistently number one before they used Unity.

Re: Can you recommend a Linux version for beginner

I agree with Ubuntu and Mint as recommendations. Ubuntu has a windows installer. http://www.ubuntu.com/download/deskt...dows-installer You click on the exe, download and reboot.

I would add http://crunchbanglinux.org/ It's not as friendly, but it's fast. PCLinuxOS http://www.pclinuxos.com/ is newbie friendly. it has good hardware support and easy configuration tools. And puppy linux http://puppylinux.org/ just because it's fun. WOOF

You could and should try linux live cds, or put it on a usbck.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/ that way you can try different linux distros and you won't hurt your windows install.

If you're interested in the few people suggesting Gentoo, I would suggest sabayon http://www.sabayon.org/ instead. It's Gentoo with no fuss.

Re: Can you recommend a Linux version for beginner

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Originally Posted by shinogami (Post 1205378)

Can't go wrong with Ubuntu. That's what I dualboot my Macbook with. I believe they just released a new Long Term Support version (I'm on 10.04). If you don't like the default GUI (unity) you can install gnome just by typing "atp-get install gnome" or something like that to the shell (might be a good idea if you have big monitor(s))..

I agree with Shinogami, but use 12.04 which is the new LTS... I think SHinomi meant:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

:)

Re: Can you recommend a Linux version for beginner

latest ubuntu without unity. It sucks. You can get gnome3 from repositories.

Re: Can you recommend a Linux version for beginner

i never wanted to change winblows but after reading you guys cheering over here i like the idea about installing a linux distro but if im thinking about installing a rude distro :D (for h*ck*ng) which one it should be ? backtrack ?

./sifo

Re: Can you recommend a Linux version for beginner

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Originally Posted by www.rzr.online.fr (Post 1205395)

Ohh no ! welcome to the linux world

Meaning what? :-)

Shortly, rpm is better than deb because it by default (Fedora) supports embedded GPG signatures (to avoid MITM vulnerability in deb), delta software packages (.drpm) and transactions; all which are useful for security, integrity and speed and are not supported in typical deb package system and in deb distributions.

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Originally Posted by rm42 (Post 1205500)

The reason I am using OpenSUSE (Tumbleweed) is because it is very up to date and very stable. For example, I am enjoying currently VLC 2.0.1, digiKam 2.5.0, and KDE 4.8.3. I doubt there is any other distro as up to date, except for the ones that are meant for very advanced users, such as Arch, and Gentoo.

Out of curiosity I checked version of those in Fedora 16:

Code:

# yum info vlc | grep Version

Version     : 1.1.13



# yum info digiKam | grep Version

Version     : 2.5.0



# yum info kde-runtime | grep Version

Version     : 4.8.3

I would use Gnome3 over KDE though to have a real Linux experience and being modern. KDE is abit obsolete IMO.

The newer VLC is also available to install from repository rpmfusion-free-rawhide:

Code:

# yum --enablerepo=rpmfusion-free-rawhide info vlc | grep Version

Version     : 2.0.1

The easiest way to try Fedora without yet installing or altering the system, is with a Live USB-stick. Can be done in MS Windows just downloading and running LiveUSB-creator program:

https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/

Needs about 1 GB usb-stick, which when created is useful to have ~300 MB persistent space and install rpmfusion repositories right after the first boot, so patent encumbered software packages can be installed (like MP3-support).