Which linux OS?

There is a good article in the latest linux format about moving from windows to linux. Also a cover disc with mandriva on it. Mandriva was my first distro, and though there're not many people here who use it, it's a good enough starter. Mag costs about R150, but it's worth it IMHO.
 
chiskop said:
There is a good article in the latest linux format about moving from windows to linux. Also a cover disc with mandriva on it. Mandriva was my first distro, and though there're not many people here who use it, it's a good enough starter. Mag costs about R150, but it's worth it IMHO.
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hey there thanks for the reply, would this mag be at say cna ?
 
My PC has not been updated for 3 months. I will update when there is a new release. If you are worried about your cap Linux is the way to go. Every 6 months you sacrifice 700mb local bandwidth for the squid proxy, Firefox adblock/noscript combo and from there you can save 30% through squid and through adblock/noscript I suppose just as much. I don't even recognise most sites when I view them anywhere else.
 
lsuacner said:
My PC has not been updated for 3 months. I will update when there is a new release. If you are worried about your cap Linux is the way to go. Every 6 months you sacrifice 700mb local bandwidth for the squid proxy, Firefox adblock/noscript combo and from there you can save 30% through squid and through adblock/noscript I suppose just as much. I don't even recognise most sites when I view them anywhere else.
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Yes, or abuse your bosses' bandwidth, :)

FWIW: I've put /home onto a separate partition. Now updating to a new release takes 15min, and all my settings (even my tabs from firefox) are preserved. :D
 
To be honest it depends how well do you adapt to new things quickly.

Personally I would recommend Ubuntu (as their is TONS of learning materiel out there on it)
How ever PC-Linux is also gaining ground, more of an out of the box experience with it.
 
Personally, I hate SuSE, I hate it in much the same way I hate getting stabbed.

Package management is horrible, definitely not noobie-friendly. I would suggest a Debian-based distro (Debian, xbuntu, etc) as it is easier to find and install packages (applications).
My suggestion for a Linux desktop distro is definitely Kubuntu. Mainly because I hate Gnome.
Your updates won't be too hectic and if you use local mirrors, you can just use a local account.

*KDE Zealout*
 
i find or rather have found the suse's prior to 10.2 to be a lot more sluggish as compared to its contemporary OSes.
 
So what you are saying is that Suse Suck? Well according to everything I have read so far, Ubuntu is on the top of my list followed by Fedora.
 
ronald911 said:
So what you are saying is that Suse Suck? Well according to everything I have read so far, Ubuntu is on the top of my list followed by Fedora.
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I am currently booting into F8 64-bit. I've been running Fedora since FC4. I like it quite a lot as a distro. Though, the main system OS is Debian 32-bit. I figured if I am going to go the debianised route I might as well go with the proper thing.
 
I recommend ubuntu.
Please see the post on the new linux vista. Looks to be promising ;)
 
I recommend Ubuntu. I am new to linux and don't know too much about computer hardware, etc. and I managed to get it up and running fairly easily. Now I am at about 70% linux and growing.
 
Here is my bit:
1. If you want support, support, support, then there is nothing better than Ubuntu. For newbie, support is everything, and you get in quick and fast from ubuntuforums.org (absolute beginner).
2. If you want hardware compatability, then Ubuntu it is. I have a moera HP notebook with an irritating ATI card, and issues with rebooting and acpi support. None of the other distro's really worked for me on this hardware, and when I installed Ubuntu Gutsy, I was in linux heaven. Everything works on this old hag: HP Compaq nw8240 full-house specs.
3. If there are packages that are not in the rep, then you will be guarenteed there is a .deb file waiting for you somewhere and it is specifically designed for the recent Ubuntu; e.g. VirtualBox, Opera, etc.
4. Local mirrors for updates/upgrades...so local cap now is std with TELKOM ISP (after cap). Do all your updates then.
5. Enormous amount of HOWTO's on ubuntuforums.org or ubuntuguide.org
6. extensive user-base
7. cutting edge packages every six months
8. DoC South Africa (Meraka Inst.) uses Ubuntu
9. Just the right amount of packages on default install: no-bloatware like Suse, Mandriva, etc
10. Best of all, a SA'can is helping the FOSS movement

Tah,
S
 
Well lets say I have a new nVidia 8 Series Card like the 8500 or 8800.
Will Ubuntu be compatible with the card, do I have to downloAD special drivers for it or what?
 
ronald911 said:
Well lets say I have a new nVidia 8 Series Card like the 8500 or 8800.
Will Ubuntu be compatible with the card, do I have to downloAD special drivers for it or what?
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Well, as far as I know, Ubuntu's screen detection should pick it up automatically and recommend a driver for you; if not then it will fall-back to VESA screen (generic, low res screen) and then you could work from there. If this is a new card (i.e. brand new like in last month or so, then I would wait for the new Hardy release of Ubuntu and try that).

I have ATI card and previous version of Ubuntu, I had to manually install the ATI-fglrx drivers; but now it is done thru the "bullet-proof" X
http://arstechnica.com/journals/lin...tu-xorg-maintainer-demonstrates-bulletproof-x

Also look at this thread in ubuntuforums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=578130
 
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