Posted on 02/01/2007 9:27:18 PM PST by KevinDavis
Hello my fellow freepers, I'm thinking of migrating from Windows XP (don't like the new Windows Vista), to a Linux OS, however, before that I make that move, I would like to know what is the best Linux that I can run on a CD.. Thanks!
I haven't a clue, but I'll be happy to bump this cuz I'm not liking the sounds of Vista, either...
Seems I've heard folks discussing this.
I'm running Fedora and I love it -
http://fedora.redhat.com/
I hacked my husband's HP Pavilion laptop, cleaned out the Windows and set it up; I'm not a *real* techie so if I can do it pretty much anybody can!
It's got KDE and Gnome desktops, with an intuitive setup, but I especially like being able to open it up and tweak the code. I do believe you can burn it to CD and run it from there, but check the website to make sure.
I run it with FireFox and that makes me a very happy geekette...
I use Knoppox Linux from a CD, keeps the spyware, malware and other offensive stuff off my computer, and it is free. Gives you a chance to review Linux without having to commit to a Unix type platform before you make a finial decision.
Knoppix
Thank you for the link, forgot that part.
:)
You could run VMware Server on Windows XP and then run whatever distro of Linux you want to try it out.
I'll agree with the Knoppix post earlier I've used knoppix in the past and it's a great distro, but I really like ubuntu now (they offer a live cd to boot from the cd and then install if you want -- it'll walk you through setting up the partition, etc.) and I have just set up an open suse sandbox at work (using VMWare -- there's another great way to play with and learn linux)
http://www.ubuntu.com/
http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/cat/45 (get a preconfigured linux distro to run inside the vmware player)
Give it a try, its awesome... But, if you want Linux...
Try PCLinuxOS, Mepis or Sabayon.... www.distrowatch.com
Linux Mint is also very good... give that shot...
What kind of hardware do you have that you want this linux on?
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Just a laptop with 512 of memory..
If you don't like Windows, I'd strongly recommend getting an Apple Mac, Linux is a step backwards not forwards. If you want something you can tinker with under the hood, stick with the American original, Unix, not foreign clones like Linux. Try Sun Solaris or PC-BSD, here's all you need to try them out, so long as you have 512Mb total system RAM:
http://www.vmware.com/download/player/
http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/420
http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/71
can also be interesting. Both try to run in memory and can be quite zippy.
For what it is worth, there's a good list of distributions at distrowatch.com.
Try Mepis or PCLinuxOS
Try Mepis, Linux Mint(the New beta), And PCLinuxOS(The New beta, or by then the final will be out... ) www.distrowatch.com
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