I'd recommend getting vmware or virtualbox and trying a bunch until you find which one you like the best
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| Author: | cwarrior [ Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Linux Distribution? |
What Linux distribution would be the best for a computer science student to have on his machine? |
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| Author: | DtY [ Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Linux Distribution? |
For a desktop distribution, I like Fedora. |
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| Author: | Alexander [ Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:55 pm ] |
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What is the advantage of this? |
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| Author: | Kharybdis [ Sat Oct 03, 2009 3:05 pm ] |
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http://www.linux.org/info/wanttouse.html Make sure that your graphics card can support your chosen distribution (without going into difficult stuff). I like OpenSuse... but other versions are just as good. |
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| Author: | cwarrior [ Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Linux Distribution? |
What about Ubuntu? |
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| Author: | rdrake [ Sat Oct 03, 2009 6:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Linux Distribution? |
Ubuntu is simple for beginners. Most things "just work." It's also Debian based which means no hideously ugly and broken RPM nonsense. |
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| Author: | saltpro15 [ Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Linux Distribution? |
Ubuntu or Mint if you want a 10 minute installation If you have the time/experience to set it up, Arch is wonderful |
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| Author: | cwarrior [ Sun Oct 04, 2009 12:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Linux Distribution? |
So no Ubuntu. What distribution is used more commercially, corporately? |
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| Author: | jernst [ Sun Oct 04, 2009 5:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Linux Distribution? |
I'd recommend getting vmware or virtualbox and trying a bunch until you find which one you like the best |
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| Author: | bbi5291 [ Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:Linux Distribution? |
cwarrior @ Sun Oct 04, 2009 12:37 am wrote: So no Ubuntu. What distribution is used more commercially, corporately?
Curious, what is it about the responses above that convinced you not to use Ubuntu? |
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| Author: | DtY [ Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Linux Distribution? |
I have no way to prove this, or even a more reputable person to say this. Buuuuttt, I understand Ubuntu is one of the most bloated, and slowest mainstream distributions. It also locks you into Gnome, if you want to use KDE or XFCE (afaik) you have to install Kununtu or Xubuntu. On Fedora, you can yum install xfce or kde, and use it. On another note, I installed Ubuntu server today, and apt-get is insanely fast, I'm willing to bet at least 20x faster for installing software. |
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| Author: | Clayton [ Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:39 am ] |
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I've had no problems installing kde/xfce on an Ubuntu installation before, so I see no reason why this wouldn't still be true. |
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| Author: | rdrake [ Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:04 am ] | ||||
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DtY @ Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:31 am wrote: It also locks you into Gnome, if you want to use KDE or XFCE (afaik) you have to install Kununtu or Xubuntu. On Fedora, you can yum install xfce or kde, and use it. They do that for a reason; GNOME is the best and most complete of the three.
Well, XFCE is pretty good actually, let's install it.
Let's say you hit your head and want to install KDE, let's install that.
I should probably note that not only does it install KDE/XFCE/etc., but it also installs everything that kubuntu/xubuntu/etc. would have installed themselves. You have a complete desktop environment with no configuration. Want to switch? Change your session in GDM before you login. |
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| Author: | DtY [ Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:25 pm ] |
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Oh, I just assumed you couldn't install it that easily because there are three separate distributions (I've never used Ubuntu desktop, and I've only had Ubuntu server for a few hours, so my knowledge is short on it) |
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| Author: | andrew. [ Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Linux Distribution? |
I think Linux Mint is the best for beginners. It's based off Ubuntu, but the UI is nicer and more friendly than the default UI. |
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| Author: | DemonWasp [ Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:56 pm ] |
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Ubuntu is often called "slow" and "bloated"...but I'm not seeing it. It's easily the most responsive OS I've ever had on any of my machines (it's breathing new life into old hardware that's just way too painful under Windows). Perhaps it's just that it's compiled for i386 rather than i686...but that only matters on an i686 machine (later Pentium 4s and Athlons). For the record, an x64 install of Ubuntu will be within a few percentage points of Arch or Gentoo, as far as I know. There are reasons that people might want those distributions, but speed isn't a particularly legitimate one. Ubuntu comes as several separate distributions (Xubuntu, Kubuntu) because it defaults to installing a given Desktop set, and they couldn't fit all three onto a single CD, so you make your choice beforehand. As rdrake pointed out, modifying your choice later ends up being pretty easy. Companies will tend to rely more on Red Hat, because they're both listed on the stock market and able to provide a service contract. This shouldn't matter too much, because the majority of the operating system behaves the same way as Ubuntu or Gentoo or Arch or Mandriva or Slackware. You will have a much harder time adjusting from (your preferred Linux) to AIX, Solaris or HP-UX than from (your preferred Linux) to (someone else's preferred Linux). |
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| Author: | md [ Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RE:Linux Distribution? |
DemonWasp @ 2009-10-04, 11:56 pm wrote: For the record, an x64 install of Ubuntu will be within a few percentage points of Arch or Gentoo, as far as I know. There are reasons that people might want those distributions, but speed isn't a particularly legitimate one.
What are we measuring here? 'cause an install of Arch took me < 30 minutes on friday and is using almost no disk space (I'd check but the install is at work - I think it's at about 1GB including all the packages (I didn't bother deleting them). |
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| Author: | andrew. [ Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Linux Distribution? |
I just downloaded and installed what is allegedly Google Chrome OS ver. 0.4 beta. It seems to be based off of OpenSUSE, but it has Google Chrome installed by default. I can't tell if it's real or not, it could be just Suse with Chrome (I've never used Suse before so I wouldn't know). If you guys wanna check it out, the link is here: Chrome OS Edit: It says at the bottom of the page that "Chrome OS is not related to Google. Service provided by SUSE Studio." I am guessing that this is probably a mock up or something. |
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| Author: | DemonWasp [ Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Linux Distribution? |
@md: That sentence should have been attached to the previous paragraph. It was speaking to the "speed issue" of Ubuntu. |
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