Billabond1 Posted January 11, 2005 Posted January 11, 2005 ok, i have absolutly no linux experience. I would like to learn so, i have decided i am going to put it on a laptop that i have and run it as a file server. What is the best version of linux to go with considering i am a total noob and want to run it as a file server? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemrboo Posted January 11, 2005 Posted January 11, 2005 SuSE and.. Mandrake are new user friendly. If you want to actually learn something though then probably Gentoo or Slackware. No idea what Fedora Core is. I assume that's just Red Hat renamed, in which case I'd say it probably goes in the new user friendly group. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billabond1 Posted January 12, 2005 Posted January 12, 2005 after looking over some stuff, it looks like i am gunna go with mandrake Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarkhalar Posted January 12, 2005 Posted January 12, 2005 Mandrakes a good starter system, but i'd also suggest you use slackware as it is mostly unix and when you do move on from mandrake you won't be confused... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemrboo Posted January 12, 2005 Posted January 12, 2005 Mostly UNIX? Mostly command line, you mean? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eva_Unit_0 Posted January 12, 2005 Posted January 12, 2005 Yep, I agree that mandrake is the best way to go for beginners...it's practically easier to use than windows is. But if you really want to learn and understand linux, I must suggest Gentoo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billabond1 Posted January 13, 2005 Posted January 13, 2005 (edited) i am gunna go with mandrake for now, but how easy will it be to set up as a file server for other windows based computers edit: how well will mandrake be supported by a little bit older laptop Edited January 13, 2005 by Billabond1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantonr Posted January 14, 2005 Posted January 14, 2005 Quite well, i put mandrake on some pretty old machines, like pentium 2 300Mhz machines, and it worked quite nicely on them. If your computer is low on memory then you might have to do the install in text format which is not really that difficult. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chardonnayii Posted March 27, 2005 Posted March 27, 2005 I beg to differ from all of you who say slackware teaches you stuff about linux. yes, it's a very lean distro, but I've used SuSE for a while and I found out alot about linux just from fuggin around with different WM, terminals, console, differnt GUI and trying (and failing)to update some of the stuff in SuSE. If you really want to stay on the bleeding edge, i'd stay away from SuSE (their server's are sometimes out of date - last time i checked, it was still on Gaim 1.0). Otherwise, its a fantastic distro to begin with. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eva_Unit_0 Posted March 27, 2005 Posted March 27, 2005 My major complaint with Suse is that it tends to be very slow, as far as distros go. They don't do a good job of optimizing it for performance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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