Which Distro to choose

[I am Penguin]

No feedback from the OP...
Perhaps Microsoft kidnapped him! !

perhaps he got overwhelmed with the 1000 distros + 2000 component variants and options required to install via terminal to make any one of the 1000 available distro's work together with all the 2000 optional variations effectively.

that sound to complex? Typical Linux?

 

[grayston]

doesnt Picasa process RAW?

Probably. Never got it working on a 64-bit distro, though...

 

[MyWorld]

You need 32-bit lib support to get picasa going on 64-bit, got it going on Arch here.

The RAW, I have no idea, let me check tonight and I'll let you know.

EDIT:
It handles my Canon RAW images, I just now checked.

 

[j3n0va]

perhaps he got overwhelmed with the 1000 distros + 2000 component variants and options required to install via terminal to make any one of the 1000 available distro's work together with all the 2000 optional variations effectively.

that sound to complex? Typical Linux?

This is what happened Can someone please help me Downloading off the FTP sever thingy was a lot more complicated than I thought it would be

 

[ponder]

This is what happened Can someone please help me Downloading off the FTP sever thingy was a lot more complicated than I thought it would be

What exactly is the problem? Using ftp is not rocket science science your browser or download manager should be able to handle it without hassles.

 

[I am Penguin]

This is what happened Can someone please help me Downloading off the FTP sever thingy was a lot more complicated than I thought it would be

No. man You just have to learn the FTP folder structures. Tel us what Distro you want and I/someone will guide you to the correct download.

 

[MyWorld]

You probably have a 64-bit machine, download the following, burn it to disk with Nero and away you go:

ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/iso-images/linuxmint/LinuxMint-7-x64.iso

 

[Tassidar]

Mint's STD interface is (Installed it last night)
But... the minute I get my internet again it will change!

Funny, I really like it.

 

[j3n0va]

You probably have a 64-bit machine, download the following, burn it to disk with Nero and away you go:

ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/iso-images/linuxmint/LinuxMint-7-x64.iso

Thanks

 

[OoMk0o5i3]

I started off with Gentoo and I do not look back. It took me at least 20+ installs to understand the basics, but it was worth it

You can also install your linux distro inside a VM. Have a look @ VirtualBox. Then you will not be able to break your MBR or partition table and you can google whilst working in linux. The performance impact is not that big either.

 

[j3n0va]

Update

Well after 5 installs I got it to work and it wasn't to my taste so I tried Ubuntu 9.10..... It was amazing! Got it on my laptop permanently now. also got a friend to try Ubuntu and he loves it too lol

03/11/09 - The day I fell in love with Ubuntu <3<3<3<3

 

[Bismuth]

Well after 5 installs I got it to work and it wasn't to my taste so I tried Ubuntu 9.10..... It was amazing! Got it on my laptop permanently now. also got a friend to try Ubuntu and he loves it too lol

03/11/09 - The day I fell in love with Ubuntu <3<3<3<3

You won't regret it.

Oh yes, and enjoy the cookies:

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