Operating Systems > Linux and UNIX
Distro Help? [EDITED]
Firefoxfanphill:
Ok, so basically I made a deal with my dad, If i keep my average in Algebra to 80+ I can do a dual boot with linux! HURRAY!
Anyway, in other words.
I'm thinking of getting Gentoo with fluxbox as an X window manager.
Any comments on this?
[If yes, get me something with tabs]
Furthermore a partion/dual boot guide [and software [thinking Radish] would be helpful.
Any recomended info for getting some funky ubuntu setup would be nice as well!
Also, I'm just ganna use linux as an IM [Gaim]/GIMP/server testing ground.
Also, heres some specs,
160gb harddrive,
512MB DDR SDRAM,
2800+ AMD Athlon XP processor
NVIDIA Geforce4 MX Graphics card.
[OFFTOPIC]
Oh yeah, another thing is, I'm thinking about completatly wiping me computer, and than haveing Windows on one partion, Linux on another and all other files/folders on a third partion, any comments bout this?
[/OFFTOPIC]
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: Firefoxfanphill ---I'm thinking of getting Ubuntu with fluxbox as an X window manager.
Any comments on this?
--- End quote ---
What's wrong with GNOME? I'm sure it'd run fine on your computer (most people that don't use GNOME and KDE don't because they're slow on slower hardware).
Ubuntu comes with GNOME by default, although I'm sure it's not hard to switch it to fluxbox.
--- Quote from: Firefoxfanphill ---Oh yeah, another thing is, I'm thinking about completatly wiping me computer, and than haveing Windows on one partion, Linux on another and all other files/folders on a third partion, any comments bout this?
--- End quote ---
Make sure the partition that you're sharing between the two is FAT32, so both Windows and GNU/Linux can read and write to it.
Narf Man:
This link might be helpful... and a little fun too :)
The Linux Distro Chooser
Orethrius:
--- Quote from: Narf Man ---This link might be helpful... and a little fun too :)
The Linux Distro Chooser
--- End quote ---
I matched up with Slackware and Gentoo, one of which I have used, the other of which I am using.
Pretty accurate when you answer honestly. ;)
Narf Man:
Yeah, it is surprisingly decent. I came across it a couple of months ago, and now whenever I see some n00b asking "what distro???" I just point 'em to the url. It's a lot easier than trying to figure it out myself for them.
Interestingly, it keeps giving me Mepis and kubuntu, which I have used on other machines, but not my own. Oh well... batting .999 isn't bad at all.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
Go to full version