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Which Linux distro is better?
Name: mzhao Date: September 23, 2004 at 21:53:13 Pacific OS: Microsoft Windows XP Prof CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon 64 3000+, PQI
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I'm getting into Linux, and I want to know, which is better, Fedora Core 2, Mandrake Linux 10.0 (Official ISO), SuSE Linux (whatever's the latest version), or Debian?
This might or might not change what users post: I have a fairly large 200GB hard drive, and I have about 50GB of free space on it. I have WinXP Pro SP2 on one partition (NTFS), a swap partition (FAT32), Apps partition (FAT32), and a WinXP Program Files partition (NTFS). FAT32 partitions were created on purpose to be compatible with Linux.
Name: mzhao Date: September 23, 2004 at 21:54:31 Pacific
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BTW I want something like WINE to run Windows programs.
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Response Number 2
Name: mzhao Date: September 23, 2004 at 21:57:21 Pacific
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BTW again, other distros can be "voted" on, just not Knoppix or live CDs (I've tried them, now I want more...)
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Response Number 3
Name: 3Dave Date: September 24, 2004 at 01:10:32 Pacific
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It really comes down to personal taste. I prefer slackware myself but any of the ones you mentioned are good and they all come with wine. For a round up of the different flavours check out http://distrowatch.com
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Response Number 4
Name: Dave The Snakes Date: September 24, 2004 at 02:44:27 Pacific
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S.U.S.E. is quite good,with an office suite package its quite versatile.And cheap
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Response Number 5
Name: Hmmm Date: September 24, 2004 at 23:42:20 Pacific
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Did you know knoppix can be installed on a hdd?
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Response Number 6
Name: ernie Date: October 4, 2004 at 13:25:58 Pacific
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You can also try Mandrake.
I use it because I can do all my system administration / configuration from the GUI. I like the tool set they provide. The GUI tools are mostly front ends to command line tools, so system administration can be completed from there if desired.
Mandrake is user friendly and comes with documentation which can be read from the K menu in K > More Applications > Documentation to help you get started (if you are not knowlegable about Linux).
HTH,
Ernie [ewilcox@buckeye-express.com] ICQ 41060744 Registered Linux User 247790
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