• Is there a "good" starter linux (other then knoppix)?
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I have a laptop that I rarely ever use (and if I do use it, it is for school work and the such) what I want is a basic linux that I can learn from that will give be some good functionality (Read: Must work/accept wireless signals!) Please give me your input and some links to good flavours that I could try out. I don't mind dual/tri/quad boxing a few different types just to try them out.
Ubuntu is a good starter. That's what I started with and if you use the terminal a fair bit, you can learn fast.
Tried Ubunut, it was allright, but never wanted to work with wireless.
Linux Mint is pretty nice, I personally prefer it to Ubuntu.
I personally like Debian, but Fedora and Mandriva are both good for starters. Ubuntu and Mint are for the people who can't even spell Linux.
[QUOTE=windy_crack;16463449]Tried Ubunut, it was allright, but never wanted to work with wireless.[/QUOTE] If you can't get wireless working with ubuntu, you're going to have the same problem with every other distro.
[QUOTE=IpHa;16464182]If you can't get wireless working with ubuntu, you're going to have the same problem with every other distro.[/QUOTE] I think it was more of a problem with how they told me too, I did it I think a few hundred times without any success, although this was on a older laptop at the time, so i may have different results this time around.
Yes you probably will. Don't base your choice on past experiences that had nothing to do with the Distro. I doubt it was anything to do with Ubuntu so I think you should try it again. Or Mint since everyone is obsessed with that at the moment.
Mandriva, comes with everything installed and generally works out of the box.
Fedora is the only one I've used but it's pretty good, not compleeeetely newby friendly but.
I couldn't even get ubuntu working in the first place. After the first restart I would loose my GUI, nothing on the net worked to fix it. :frown:
Linux Mint crapped out on me, created a DVD with the iso, loaded up half assed they kept getting errors. What's best software to burn .iso files with? Maybe I got a crappy one I dunno.
InfraRecorder if you are burning on Windows. [editline]04:39PM[/editline] Burn it at [B]the slowest speed possible.[/B] Most people just burn it at default speed.
I'm going to try that one, maybe my other .iso burner is borked. as far as speed, I always go at the slowest speed available for anything, just much safer.
Good stuff :).
[QUOTE=VladimirPutin;16476474]I couldn't even get ubuntu working in the first place. After the first restart I would loose my GUI, nothing on the net worked to fix it. :frown:[/QUOTE] Look at the log path X gives you and look for problems in there. sudo nano pathtologfile I guess you don't have to do sudo since your only opening it read only.
The Xorg log is /var/log/Xorg.0.log And no, you don't need sudo to read it.
I pretty much started with arch. wat.
Well, Arch is very well documented, and walks people through really well.
I agree, go with arch. First linux distro and its brilliant :D
There should be an Arch Linux Appreciation Thread :D.
Yeah, it's beginners guide is excellant, extremely detailed. I've printed out the whole thing (60 pages or so).
[QUOTE=windy_crack;16477076]Linux Mint crapped out on me, created a DVD with the iso, loaded up half assed they kept getting errors. What's best software to burn .iso files with? Maybe I got a crappy one I dunno.[/QUOTE] Burn it slower to high quality media. Alternatively, use Unetbootin to install the ISO to a USB drive.
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