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2009-11-21
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I don't know why! It found it to be really good and easy to use for a first timer. Guess your right though, depends on exactly what you want, that's the beauty of Linux!
I would have a look at what they are doing for GNOME 3.0 before making a decision!
http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Screenshots
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2009-11-21
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@ Victoria BC Canada
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...Knowing what you know about Linux, what will that enable you to do (or at least you believe it will enable you to do) with the N900 that you could not do otherwise?..
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2009-11-21
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2009-11-21
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2009-11-21
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Ubuntu is a great distro for beginners with the one exception of support for ATi video cards. This used to work fine but later distros have stopped working properly with cards of a few years ago. If you get scrambled video display try using Google for the quick fixes, failing that there are some great other Distros that might be good for you. Check out your local newsagent for magazines too, some of them are very good and often have tutorials for newbies as well.
+1 Crunchbang
But, then, I really dislike Gnome. So these two distros are very user friendly ways to learn about alternative window managers. Puppy Linux runs JWM. Crunchbang (Ubuntu based) runs Openbox.
If you'd like a KDE distro, I've heard that the most recent OpenSuse is pretty slick.
I myself use Arch Linux and won't turn back. It's very modular so it's great if you want to learn how all the pieces of a Linux distribution fit together or to get a really fast and minimalistic system. But there's a bit of a learning curve.
Welcome to the world of Linux. Not only do you have dozens of distros to choose, but you also have countless Window Managers, Desktop Environments, and Package Management systems to try out.
So I suppose I've answered your question negatively. If you don't want a bunch of choices up front, then go with a user-friendly distro like Ubuntu or OpenSuse and just use the defaults. Better yet, use a live CD or live USB stick to test it out.
Last edited by mdl; 2009-11-21 at 12:29.