Yeah I’ve been thinking latley that I want to switch to Linux, no more windows. But I’m not exactly sure what type of Linux to get, someone suggested RedHat but I heard it’s a Windows clone for Linux. So I’m really not sure what to do right now.
There are so many versions of Linux it gets hard to know which is best. I have Red Hat and the sole reason I do not use it is my lack of patience to learn how to operate it.
Anyway, for the experience I have had with it, I will say it is a good choice. A specialist can give you better advice, though.
No one else should post in here until Wert does. He may be annoying, but when it comes to Linux, he’s your man.
Originally posted by Stevus
No one else should post in here until Wert does. He may be annoying, but when it comes to Linux, he’s your man.
This thread will also be dead by the time Wert sees it. He’s in +6, remember?
Originally posted by Xelopheris
This thread will also be dead by the time Wert sees it. He’s in +6, remember?
What is +6?
I don’t mean to be rude towards him; but in my opinion Wertigon pretends to know, more than knows, Linux. coff
The latest installment of RedHat Linux is made to look like, and operate much in the same way as Windows: In hat sense it’s a Windows clone. Of course, along with that follows the userfriendlyness that makes Windows the most used operativesystem.
In the chat you said you were quite confident with computers: I therefore believe it’s safe to reccomend Slackware Linux, or at least Debian Linux. They require more of the user, but reminds less of Windows; and have retained more of Linux’s classical strong sides.
I may use FreeBSD.
EDIT: My friend also suggested Mandrake if I’m comfident about Linux.
Originally posted by Ren
What is +6?
His timezone.
Originally posted by Latarali
[b]I may use FreeBSD.EDIT: My friend also suggested Mandrake if I’m comfident about Linux. [/b]
Mandrake if you’re confident about Linux? Mandrake is the userfriendly, bloated, and untill recently insecure, distribution - moreso than RedHat. As for FreeBSD: You might give it a try, but it’s an even bigger jump than Linux.
I’m in CEST ( +6 ) also, and I’m here: Sleep is for the weak.
What am I thinking, not +6. He’s +6 from me, making it +1.
Nul: I know UNIX. GNU/Linux is (basicly) UNIX, only it’s not UNIX since it’s GNU, and GNU’s Not Unix. Go figure. 
And yes, I’ve only had 10 months experience, but in that time I’ve found quite a few distros worth mentioning. Even though I haven’t had first-hand experience with them all… The only ones I’ve tried myself is Debian and Redhat.
Anyhow, in my experience, Redhat = Crap. Pure and simple. It has a package tool that makes me seriously want to kill someone due to bad dependency hells, and Mandrake is like Redhat only got tonnes of bugs as well. Redhat is ok if you compile your programs from source but then that kind of defeats the purpose with RH…
If you want a Linux distro with the best compability, go withGentoo and it’s “package tool” Portage. It’ll take a while to install due to the fact that you compile it from scratch when you install, but you get an überslimmed system with a package manager that handles next to all programs. From what I hear it’s the best Linux distro performance-wise if you can get it running (which is not that easy for a first time user from what I heard, and will take extremely long unless you have a powerful PC).
If you want a Linux distro that doesn’t screw up every other second, Xandros OS or Libranet are two distros that kicks much ass. Both are based on Debian (best package management), they allow you to grow and explore linux, and both are very newbie friendly (heck, Xandros got the simplest install I’ve seen - 7 clicks from not installed to a fully capable OS, beat that). Only problem is they cost some money (~$40 for either one)… 
If you feel extremely über1337 or alphageek:ish or something, start with Debian or even MORE geekish, Slackware. They are NOT IN ANY WAY newbie friendly, you basicly has to wrestle around with them to figure out what to do, and there’s lots and lots of things to do in console mode (looks like DOS) before you can get graphical. On the other hand you’ll get a great grasp of the basics of Linux, and Debian is the best if you want to run a kickass latest-software-latest-version system. Two commands and all programs possible on my system gets upgraded… GREAT in order to root out security issues as well. 
If you decide to go with the latest distros mentioned, make sure to look up your local Linux User Group (or LUG for short), cause you will need help with the “power distros”. If none of those alternatives suit you, www.linux.org got about 300 or so other distros. Lots and lots to choose from. :o
Thanks for all the infor Wert ^^;;
I’ve always wanted to use Linux, I know nothing about it but if it makes stuff faster then its worth it. Trouble is, this isn’t my computer, its my parents and they wouldn’t have a clue what was going on.
Originally posted by Gilgamesh
I’ve always wanted to use Linux, I know nothing about it but if it makes stuff faster then its worth it. Trouble is, this isn’t my computer, its my parents and they wouldn’t have a clue what was going on.
Hehe, just do it one day and take a picture of there faces when they are trying to use it.
Gilga, dual boot.
Originally posted by Xelopheris
Gilga, dual boot.
How much MB/GB is an OS?
Originally posted by Igatona
How much MB/GB is an OS?
It depends. I’ve seen Linux distros that are down on two floppys (and yes, there’s graphical in that as well) in size. Most of the big Distros are on everything from 500 MB to 3 GB… But then you’ll also get a hella lot of programs you don’t really need, like Apache webserver and stuff.
Make a partition on 4 GB and you should have enough to run just about any Linux distro. Or you could do the extremely harddrive-saving solution and run Knoppix (Linux on CD). It’s all up to you baby… 