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Posted on 06-30-08 04:42:29 PM Link | Quote
It's continually becoming something I'm wanting to look into for just a desktop scheme...

I've heard the Fedora, Ubuntu, Gentoo and a few others are worth it. I dropped Xubuntu (8.04) on an old laptop and it performed nicely enough...though I'd be dealing with a dual-core system.

Anyone got any ideas?

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Posted on 06-30-08 04:51:04 PM Link | Quote
My only recommendation is to stick with Ubuntu unless you know what you're doing or want to take the time to learn.

And also be ready to lose most of your programs / experience problems with them though WINE if you can't find replacements.

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Posted on 06-30-08 05:02:54 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Xkeeper
My only recommendation is to stick with Ubuntu unless you know what you're doing or want to take the time to learn.

And also be ready to lose most of your programs / experience problems with them though WINE if you can't find replacements.


Keep in mind I'd be keeping an XP Professional build on here and I'd be dual booting.

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Posted on 06-30-08 05:07:23 PM Link | Quote
Then my usual recommendation of backing everything up and installing Ubuntu is still relevant, heh.

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Posted on 06-30-08 07:42:32 PM Link | Quote
Gentoo is a more difficult to use linux system because of the level of customization that is available to use. In addition, you need to know the hardware you have and enable to kernel to see it and take advantage of. Ubuntu and other linux flavors tend to install everything, even things you do not need. (It is why I didn't bother with Ubuntu since I rather have a leaner system).

If you just want the feel of Linux, then Ubuntu is probably best.
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Posted on 06-30-08 07:54:14 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by neotransotaku
Gentoo is a more difficult to use linux system because of the level of customization that is available to use. In addition, you need to know the hardware you have and enable to kernel to see it and take advantage of...


Well, I built it from the ground up if that helps...

You saying that this specifically builds the system to where it works the best to whatever you have in it and it installs only what is necessary to run whatever you have installed on that system then?

Might be repeating myself here but that sounds a lot nicer than 'everything' (i.e. most Windows installs + your own driver downloads of bulk).


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Posted on 06-30-08 08:47:22 PM Link | Quote
Well, also keep in mind that the inverse is true; there's no gaurentee whatsoever that they actually have drivers for your hardware.

Mostly old stuff, though.

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Posted on 06-30-08 08:52:05 PM Link | Quote
I run Kubuntu on my laptop (dual-booted with Windows), and it works well for me. If you're looking for user-friendliness, one of the -buntus is a good way to go. (I just use Kubuntu because I prefer KDE to Gnome.) There's also the often-helpful Ubuntu forums, which have helped me out a few times.

The only other distro I've tried is openSUSE, which runs in the lab at school. I haven't found any huge differences between Kubuntu and openSUSE so far, but then I've never poked around deep within the system either.

I've considered trying Gentoo, but I haven't gotten around to it yet...

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Posted on 07-01-08 12:04:52 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Komachi Onozuka
Originally posted by neotransotaku
Gentoo is a more difficult to use linux system because of the level of customization that is available to use. In addition, you need to know the hardware you have and enable to kernel to see it and take advantage of...


Well, I built it from the ground up if that helps...

You saying that this specifically builds the system to where it works the best to whatever you have in it and it installs only what is necessary to run whatever you have installed on that system then?

Might be repeating myself here but that sounds a lot nicer than 'everything' (i.e. most Windows installs + your own driver downloads of bulk).

But to build to the system, you need to know what the system has, as well as what you want. If you are confident at that, then gentoo might be good. After installing gentoo, i've learned so much about building a custom kernel and installing linux from a bootstrap, versus using an automated installer.

The other issue with gentoo is that installing a new program could take a long time. Since every program is essentially installed by downloading the source and building it. It is the trade off with the level of customization at your tips. For example, if you want to run a lightweight desktop manager like xfce4, then you do not need to download and install a large amount of gnome or kde libraries. Fortunately, for some programs, like firefox or openoffice, you can install binary versions.
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Posted on 07-22-08 02:03:33 AM Link | Quote
You have a dual-core and assuming you have enough RAM, I would suggest Ubuntu. It's got a nice release cycle, an active support and dev community and some pretty decent hardware support. Plus that shit is hilarious to pronounce. I think we can all agree that the absurdity of the products name, the cooler it is. Gentoo, Fedora, Debian, who writes this shit?
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