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if you are a beginner i would suggest Mepis, i haven't tried Xandros so I cant comment on that one, but Mepis seems pretty nice.
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I've run various distros (Red Hat, Debian, Ubuntu, Knoppix-install) but the one I use now is Gentoo. The docs are excellent and once the initial system is set-up, the snappy performance is great. I still have debian installed on a different partition, but hardly ever boot into it anymore.
But I fiddled a lot with Linux before I tried Gentoo, so YMMV. My brother (who is a Linux newbie) runs Ubuntu on one of his old ,'dead' machines. Seems to work out well for him, esp. with his C programming class.
mentioning ms at the beginning of an article about linux seems sacrilegious
bttt
Isn't there a Linux distro that doesn't use the GNU tools? I seem to remember one.
The *nix world further fragments, as all the Unix profits slowly leave the building.
Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impossible
In a rare discussion on the severity of the Windows malware scourge, a Microsoft security official said businesses should consider investing in an automated process to wipe hard drives and reinstall operating systems as a practical way to recover from malware infestation.
http://www.eweek.com/print_article2/0,1217,a=174915,00.asp
Yup. Reinstall, Reboot. It's the Microsoft Way.
Useful article. Thanks for posting.
Having made the jump to Linux (virtually alone) a little over a year ago, there's more than a few pearls of wisdom that I've learned here and along the way and would like to add.
So while this might be a vanity post, I believe there's a couple of pieces of "food for thought" that people considering Linux should take into account.
Call me a little biased, but I personally recommend Suse to new Linux users. However, Fedora and Mandriva are also very good choices.
Of course, it depends a lot on what you plan to use Linux for and the experience you have with *nix systems. For example, it's not very likely a person who's always run Windows to install and run Gentoo, BSD, or Slackware.
Many people want to keep a dual-boot running--for whatever reason. I've personally found that using a distro with a graphical installer makes it easier to resize an existing (most often, Windows) partition and enable both OSs to boot correctly.
Another thing is to keep in mind other users. Example: if you're the only one who's comfortable with *nix, it's not always the wisest option to run a more advanced distro. Many people simply require a smooth transition as opposed to a steep jump (think the old phrase "baptism by fire").
Bump for later reading (and thanks for the post)!
Mandriva use here.
It just gets better and better all the time.
I'm eagerly awaiting Xandros 4.0, since it will be based on the Debian Common Core, which should result in better compatibility with other DCC-based OSes. Xandros 4.0 and Linspire 6.0 are both supposed to be based on DCC, so by basing both on DCC, it should be easier to port LSongs and LPhoto from Linspire to Xandros.
Seriously, if LSongs were to be made officially available to Xandros 4.0, I would buy Xandros 4.0 in a nanosecond.