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Best linux distro??
neo_x500:
Could anybody help me? The topic is self-explanatory, I'd like to know what the best linux distro is for simple, home use.
TheQuirk:
I guess you'd be pretty happy with Red Hat, SuSE, or Mandrake--all are major distros that are designed with ease of use in mind.
Next time, don't say "best Linux distro", though--there's no such thing, and it usually just brings disto flame wars.
Doctor V:
Best Linux Distro, yeah there's alot of disagreement on the subject. Like asking whats the best movie, best beer, best looking woman...
Just my opinion, I like Gentoo the best for home use, but noone without experience using Linux should come near it.
For people starting out, I think Mandrake is the best.
V
neo_x500:
Right, I should rephrase then. What would be the best distro for me, a user that has never even seen a copy of linux before, off the shelve, and which would logically follow, has never used linux before. I'm planning on dual booting for now, since I have a feeling that my proprietary boggled hewlette packard is gonna have about a million problems with drivers. Especially in the modem department. I've made a few steps to freeing my computer, such as getting mozilla, and deleting the IE folder completely. Of course that doesn't kill IE, since it's integrated into the system. I wanna ditch windows completely someday, though. Not for a while, I'll need time to get used to linux.
Doctor V:
Then I'd try out mandrake. Its hardware auto-detection is tops, its easy to start out using but doesn't try to copy windows too much (stay away from Lindows and Xandros). The instructions are in plain English, and comes with just about whatever you need. Its one distro that someone whose never touched linux before can install in less than an hour, and start using right away. And I bet is won't give you any hardware problems, except for that modem of yours, which, if it is a winmodem, is going to be very difficult to get working if you can even get it working at all.
So you might have to think about getting a new external modem (or broadband).
Choose a Mirror and download the iso files.
Burn them to CD. Pop the CD in and your ready to go.
Good Luck
:D V ;)
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