Derspankster
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Marion, OH
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Re: Recommended Linux Distro
said by joetaxpayer  :I am starting to understand that Linux is not really intended to be 'plug and play". Even though Ubuntu has the download option, which is cool, there are pieces of software whose installation needs a bit of intelligence. I am looking at » galleon.sourceforge.net/index.ph···temid=51 which will let the PC be used as a server to my tivo. Admittedly, the instructions are Greek to me, I need to decide how much time to put into this. Linux for Dummies is next. I was about as clueless about Linux as anyone going, coming from a Windows centric corporate arena where it was Windows or nothing. While I now muddle through adequately with the help of this atu forum and the Ubuntu user forums I'm no where near a Linux guru. Not that aspire to that. I have managed to build an Ubuntu media server and run Linux as my main OS.
The point I'm trying to make is that is that it's NOT that hard, you'll get there if Linux fits your needs and you commit to it.
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Matt
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Linux has a steep initial learning curve, but once you figure out the basics, most tasks become much easier. |
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Vampirefo
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| said by Matt :Linux has a steep initial learning curve, but once you figure out the basics, most tasks become much easier. [/BQUOTE This is true, and most of us forget that initial learning curve, once you get passed that its computing as before. --
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tld
join:2002-12-19
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said by Matt :Linux has a steep initial learning curve, but once you figure out the basics, most tasks become much easier. My favorite part of being a Linux user is the fact that, with Linux, there's really nothing there that you can't learn if choose to. Compare that to Windows where so many things are a total black box even to very technical users. You don't have to look any further than that cluster-f*** they call the registry to see that.
I've been a real die-hard Gentoo user for about six years now. I've gotten used to fairly lean "minimalist" sort of systems, and do more and more from the command line all the time. Having said that, I think Ubuntu is great. While it tends to be a little bloated for my taste, I've installed it for friends and have been really impressed. Thinking back on the choices of binary distros available before it came along, I'd say it was sorely needed.
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Matt
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| said by tld :said by Matt :Linux has a steep initial learning curve, but once you figure out the basics, most tasks become much easier. My favorite part of being a Linux user is the fact that, with Linux, there's really nothing there that you can't learn if choose to. Compare that to Windows where so many things are a total black box even to very technical users. You don't have to look any further than that cluster-f*** they call the registry to see that. I don't think that's specific to Windows. Any closed-source OS is not going to be as transparent to the end-user. |
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firephoto
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That's not too bad, the java jre isn't a problem because it's in the default repos and you're using gnome so the pulseaudio mess is already installed. For the config file or the installation you just need to remember to run 'sudo' before the command for things taking place outside of your /home.
For a lot of applications it's good to look at the Ubuntu PPA and see if someone else has created a package or and updated one for what you are looking for.
»https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas
FYI the search mechanism is a bit screwed up right now or else they've added some internal options to let people disable the ppa's from being indexed.(I know things are missing from the search 
Good luck and glad you're figuring some things out slowly. 
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someone anyone
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I would recommend
arch linux
jfs filesystem (for everything, boot too)
windowmaker as a window manager
That'd be a nice, fast, quickly up and running system for you.
Personally, this time around, I'd try xfs as a filesystem, but I've not really used that for a long period of time, so I wouldn't recommend it because I've not experienced it lately. I've used jfs for years without any trouble, it's reasonably fast, recovers nicely from any occasional power cut, and so forth. xfs is probably a little faster though, and ext4 might even be faster than that.
In any case, that's what I'd recommend.
arch linux on jfs with windowmaker.
Of course you have to install the stuff yourself, configure it yourself, etc... |
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Noah Vail
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Lorton, VA
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I'll read it through when it's time. Thanks!
NV
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CableConvert
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Atlanta, GA | reply to tld
My favorite thing about Linux (ubuntu) is that its FREE! Which is especially good now that I see the new Windows 7 pricing |
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