Archerzz Posted December 1, 2005 Posted December 1, 2005 I am messing around with vmware right now and I am just looking for a good version of Linux to mess around with. Right now I am using Fedora Core 4. Any suggestions to a good one? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookieman123 Posted December 1, 2005 Posted December 1, 2005 Linux Distribution Chooser Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archerzz Posted December 1, 2005 Posted December 1, 2005 Shweet... Thx. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cold_snipe Posted December 1, 2005 Posted December 1, 2005 interesting, I havent seen that one yet and it got me gentoo (which i am using) and slackware (which i am looking into) Anyways, if you are still a beginner, I would recommend FC, suse, mandrake, redhat. Anything but lindows Anywyas, it really just depends on what you want, after all, thats why there are so many distros Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archerzz Posted December 1, 2005 Posted December 1, 2005 is gentoo easy to install I have never installed anything without the graphical. * and do you have windows installed on your system, I did the dual boot thing with Fedora and it really f'up my computer. Messed up the boot sequence and overwrote some crap. Took forever to fix. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cold_snipe Posted December 1, 2005 Posted December 1, 2005 (edited) Well it is very well documented, the handbook is here: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml Partitioning is best done in another OS tho, if you want to dual boot and keep your old files. Gentoo is also very internet-demanding (lol i dunno all linux's are), and if you chose gentoo you will grow to love portage Yes i have windows 2000 pro, I use grub, and if you install it by hand you will understand it much better. I use grub and then chainloader , and put virus protect MBR in bios so if i ever reinstall 2000 I dont have to also reinstall grub. Edited December 1, 2005 by cold_snipe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archerzz Posted December 1, 2005 Posted December 1, 2005 uhhhhhhh......... /brain shuts down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hushplz Posted December 1, 2005 Posted December 1, 2005 Mandrake i didnt like Linspire 5.0 was wicked!!!!!! But i recommend Suse its really good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 I was never keen on Mandriva, I used it for years, all because of it's nice gui installer and the MCC. Now I use ubuntu, to be honest, the only bit of the installer that you need to think about is the partitioning, and you can do that frmo windows so you don't have to think asmuch anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblivescence Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 i like slackware, but its not the easiest to learn or install, but its good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danyo64 Posted December 2, 2005 Posted December 2, 2005 i just took that 'test' thingamabober. i got ubuntu mepis and mandriva Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archerzz Posted December 4, 2005 Posted December 4, 2005 I got Fedora, which is what I am messing aroudn with now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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