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| Hi, I am looking forward to install a linux in my desktop. What i want to know is among the various distributions available which one has the maximum amount of visual effects and ease of use. I have fedora 10 in my mind , anybody has better options ? Also provide me some info on how to dual boot vista with linux. Thanks Last edited by newprouser; 11-27-08 at 01:40 PM. |
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| Aditya | if you want to migrate to linux then the better idea is to go for ubuntu 8.04 which can give you a good interface and graphics xprnc. but before you install linux on your system do remember to backup your data. Fedora is good but still the number of fedora users is less than number of ubuntu users |
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Rep Power: 2 | Hi, You can use opensuse 11. It is good |
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Rep Power: 2 | I would say CentOS 5 |
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Rep Power: 6 | You can get the same looks in Ubuntu too. |
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Rep Power: 6 | KDE desktop environment is similar to Windows OS interface. Ubuntu is a GNOME version. It also have a KDE version called Kubuntu which have more importance to graphics and effects. It's suited for computers with good graphics card and RAM or will slow down system. (This is my knowledge of GNOME & KDE) GNOME environment: example & KDE environment: example. |
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| @Archer Ah, now that also looks nice. ... man if this goes on, ur gonna lure me into trying every distribution of linux, jus by showing me those awsome screenshots. I just ordered a Kubuntu CD to be sent to me. Meanwhile I'll try openSUSE. Last edited by newprouser; 11-28-08 at 07:00 PM. |
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Rep Power: 6 | Careful if you have another OS installed in same HDD. Some Linux distributions might not support it. I installed Freespire and my Windows XP got corrupted. I thought since it's based on Ubuntu I could use it with Windows XP. But when I tried to install it I found out Freespire have no options for that. But still I installed thinking I could repair MBR afterwards. That didn't work. And I had to freshly install Windows XP it again. Something similar happened with Fedora too. I have tried Red Hat Linux, Freespire, Fedora, Kubuntu & Ubuntu. Ubuntu is the best of all from my experience. Ubuntu (Ubuntu, Kubuntu etc) is the safest Linux distribution I think. And it supports most 3rd party drivers, plugins & softwares. Good Luck! Last edited by Archer; 11-28-08 at 07:00 PM. |
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| @Archer Um did you really mean the same HDD not the same partiton. I was thinking of using a spare partiton in the same HDD having xp. Anyways I guess always try it first in Virtual PC. |
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Rep Power: 6 | I mean the same Hard Disk. But that's not a problem if you are installing Ubuntu. You can even install Ubuntu in the same partition as Windows if you want by using Wubi. Ubuntu is pretty safe. |
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| Oh well, thanks for enlightening me so much ! |
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Rep Power: 1 | I've had experiments with most of the the buntus and the fedoras. But none of them offers better hardware support than OpenSuSe 11 (my personal opinion based on experience) Stable, sleek and tons of features which in other distributions would require manual install and configuration after installation of the OS itself - meaning comes with more pre-loaded programs than most distros, stable and VERY easy to install and use. Also has the latest file versions vis a vis other distros Last edited by hexwiz; 12-12-08 at 11:13 AM. |
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| My biggest doubt with linux is how many partitions do they require or wat is the least number of partitons required and how much minimum space for each partiton ? One look at fedora documentation had my head spinning , they recommended sth like 5 partitons for root,home, data and watever else And other thing which is best bootmanager (other than grub) for tri-booting wid Xp and vista. Has anybody tried using linux with Mac OS X on pc ? |
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