Posted: 7/16/2014 2:35:36 PM EDT
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What's a good/best install for a beginner?
I want to do a thumbdrive install on a Windows box. Is there one that does Youtube and such? |
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I've used a good number of distros, but always come back to almost-latest versions of Fedora with KDE. Quoted:
I've used a good number of distros, but always come back to almost-latest versions of Fedora with KDE. As is this Quoted:
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Linux Mint with Cinnamon desktop would be your best bet. All the package compatibility with Ubuntu, without the Ubuntu crap. QFT, Ubuntu sucks now. I'm happily running Mint 16 with Cinnamon on 2 laptops, no fuss, no hassles. |
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For a beginner that just wants to get a taste of linux to see what all the talk is about, it's hard to go wrong with the latest version of Linux Mint. So add another vote for Mint. If you have an old machine lying about and like to tinker, Slackware and Debian are good choices, and you'll learn some neat stuff too. |
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Quoted: I remember downloading Slackware to, what, 15 floppies on a 14.4 modem back long ago. Yow. Quoted: Quoted: After playing with that pretty boy linux mint stuff, give Slackware a try. ;-) Been using that for the past seven years now... :) I remember downloading Slackware to, what, 15 floppies on a 14.4 modem back long ago. Yow. I know that feel.
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My favorite distros are:
- Fedora for flexibility and getting new packages quickly - Mint for overall ease of use and stability - Debian for insane stability. You might want to get a free VM -- such as VirtualBox and then install them there -- it is even easier than booting off of a USB stick. HTH |
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I remember downloading Slackware to, what, 15 floppies on a 14.4 modem back long ago. Yow. Quoted:
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After playing with that pretty boy linux mint stuff, give Slackware a try. ;-) Been using that for the past seven years now... :) I remember downloading Slackware to, what, 15 floppies on a 14.4 modem back long ago. Yow. I recall those days as well. Funny thing is that the package sets are still labeled the same. :) |
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For a thumbdrive install? Lubuntu or Puppy.
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Debian, IMHO. All of your favorite distributions derive from it anyway.
I don't even like the idea that it's said to be "newb" unfriendly. You should be challenging yourself to actually learn Linux, not simply use it as some sort of free-of-charge alternative to Windows or OSX. |
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I have an old laptop with Ubuntu on it.
It works fine but I have a bitch of a time keeping the wireless card up and running - I have to keep re-installing the driver every time there's an update. Unfortunately Ubuntu sucks for video editing so I finally bought a new windows computer. |
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I remember downloading Slackware to, what, 15 floppies on a 14.4 modem back long ago. Yow. Quoted:
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After playing with that pretty boy linux mint stuff, give Slackware a try. ;-) Been using that for the past seven years now... :) I remember downloading Slackware to, what, 15 floppies on a 14.4 modem back long ago. Yow. Same here. I was a Red Hat guy for a long while, but Ubuntu is way easier to install and maintain. I mostly use the server distros, so if you are using desktop stuff, I think Mint is the shiznit these days. |
| Wish I could give more feedback, but almost all of my daily linux work is via the command line which will be almost identical on all distros. "My" compute cluster is on Redhat. I think I've only sat down in front of the terminal on the cluster less than a dozen times in total. So very little playing in the actual GUI. All the rest of the time it's SSHing in via a windows box. |
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Debian, IMHO. All of your favorite distributions derive from it anyway. I don't even like the idea that it's said to be "newb" unfriendly. You should be challenging yourself to actually learn Linux, not simply use it as some sort of free-of-charge alternative to Windows or OSX. Meh. I subscribe to the "OS: A Tool to Get Stuff Done" newsletter. If getting stuff done requires a free-as-in-beer alternative to Windows, then something easy like *buntu is often the way to go. If getting stuff done means learning Linux, then LFS, Gentoo, Debian, or whatever floats one's boat is the way to go. I've been using Linux since Red Hat (RHL, not RHEL) 6.1, off and on. I got lazy about 7 years ago, and I'm pretty much done "learning" operating systems. I mostly just want my computer to do the shit it's supposed to do, and do it without mucking around. So now I use Kubuntu. It's easy. It helps that I can use a CLI, but I'd rather not. I decided to set up a firewall today, saw that ufw has a GUI (gufw), and away I went. I clicked "ON" and "Deny incoming requests." Done. # service iptables fuck__________________________________________________________________ Cross-platform electronic bound book (original thread). PGP public key. «nolite confidere in principibus, in filiis hominum quibus non est salus» |