Every year i try to do something new, Like 2 years ago i learned how to build a pc, and last year I learned to do the basics of pc's (installing, programing certain programs to play, tweeking settings to run things better) you know easy stuff.
Well this year im trying Linux. Im on KNOPPIX right now on a boot CD. Just trying it and i like it! Right now i have it programmed to look like a Mac OS
its very interesting how technology has changed, now then, what i would like to ask is, what are some good Linux versions out there except KNOPPIX, SLax Standard Ver, and Ooboontu (Can't spell it, but I did remember the name) Help me out guys! Im lovin this!
Well Im building a Linux computer from scratch to run separate and im going to use many versions, just trying to find the best from my view but, I would like to try your suggestions. Heres what im using,
AMD Athlon 1ghz
786ram
GeForce2
20 Gb hard drive
nothing big but hopefully something useful.
Later
~kaz
My Grandad uses Linex, he should know something 'bout this, I'll ask him sometime.
You're quite the spontaneous person. But no, I have no advice
You could try Suse Linux. The Novell website has download-able evaluation versions as well as a self boot DVD version which would not require any installation. However for this you would need a DVD burner, and need to download the 1.5GB file.
Mandriva Linux (formerly Mandrake) and Fedora Core are widely believed to be the best free Linux distros. SuSe is only a trial which runs out after a few days.
Slackware is often a difficult setup, but it is rock solid true to it's UNIX heritage.
Debian gets good marks for stability.
FreeBSD is not Linux, it's UNIX, but similar enough to Slackware that you'll not have a problem.
RedHat is dang near required if you plan on working with servers professionally. I don't like RedHat because they backed off from the desktop scene, but Redhat certification goes a long way.
However, the longer you play with Linux the more and more you'll get away from specific distro's and just load the modules that you want, so pretty much any distro that is solid for you is a good way to go.
Jimro
RedHat is dang near required if you plan on working with servers professionally.
Fedora Core is basically RedHat, right?
i can scratck Suse out because i have no dvd burner. Im enjoying Slax more than Knoppix. Im about to try the two you suggested Cyc. Tell ya in a couple days how it did.
Fedora Core is sponsored by Redhat, sort of a proving ground for stuff they want to integrate into commercial releases of Redhat. That way they get all the benefits of open source development and beta testing for cheap.
Jimro
