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Linux for noobs
Unforgiven1:
actually, for newbies, I recommend Mepis, I know many of you probably haven't heard of it. but, IMHO, Mepis is superior to Mandrake for people just coming from a Winders system.
1st It's debian based, so apt-get is useable, no screwing with RPMs and their dependant packages.
2nd It runs from a live CD like knoppix so you can make sure everything on your system will work and then install it..which is by far the simplest install ever, 5 steps, GUI, and easy (but it installs EVERYTHING)
3rd It is only 1 disk, the second is optional
4th it comes with Java VM, Realplayer 8, wine, macromedia flashplayer and shockwave already installed and configured, and those were the most frustrating programs when I was just starting on Red Hat.
find it at www.mepis.org
you can find a review at www.linux.com they gave it very high marks.
restin256:
Installing Linux is very easy, alongside Windows. I would suggest something that can be updated via apt or something like it, or somethng that doesn't require any partitioning knowledge - SuSE 9 pro comes to mind.
Unforgiven1:
resizing an NTFS partition doesn't have to be brain surgery. You can..errrr...obtain a copy of partition magic 8.0 and that is really easy use right out of windows before you even think about Linux.
Mistshadow:
I recommend Mepis as a live-cd too. However, when I tried installing it to my hd (another experiment while I wait) it suddenly became very buggy. I don't get it since it was fine as a live cd. :confused: Everything suddenly screwed up; my X display, apps suddenly wouldn't work, even my mouse, all of which worked great from the cd. It even said my partitions were wrong. Now, I don't mean to sound really arrogant here or anything, but I do know how to partition a hard drive. I've lost count of how many times I've done so when trying out distros. I always partition the drive myself and it's always worked fine on that score. Drivers and hardware are the problems I normally have.
So I recommend it whole-heartedly as a live cd, but I'd say don't install it unless you've got the skills to do some bug-squishing.
Unforgiven1:
well, I actually had the same problem at first. So on the second try before I installed it, when I booted from the live CD, I turned off acpi at the boot prompt and then it was flawless. I run it on my laptop actually, and it's the first distro I've found that's correctly identified every single peice of hardware on the thing.
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