Well, I'm 14, but spend a hell of a lot of time with computers. I find it interesting. Fun. Tweaking with things and seeing the output. I've always wanted to give Linux a shot, and earlier I tried Kubuntu. I liked it, but it didn't seem a good idea for a beginner, although I will definitely give it another shot some time. (Yes, I do understand its not like windows with installations and the likes.) I hope to try quite a few after I install and try Ubuntu. So far, Federa, Xubuntu and openSUSE have caught my interest and am wondering if there is anything else that's worth a try. Also saw Facepunch Linux, looking forward to trying that at some point! :)
Thank you.
I'd recommend Fedora. It's what I started on.
It's much more up-to-date than other distros, but that does lead to bugginess, but it's not too bad if you stay out of the rawhide/development version. ;)
I never liked Xubuntu or OpenSuse.
Stick with the gnome for xfce interface for your first time. If you're a complete beginner most of us would recommend Ubuntu, Mandriva or Linux mint. If you want something a bit more interesting and challenging then it'd probably be OpenSUSE or arch.
[url=http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=756599]As it turns out, there is a thread for this.[/url]
Yes Bionic Apple, I did see that. Although; as I'm sure you can agree; many distros that people would use aren't covered, or, are very lightly covered. Thank you to all who have given suggestions. Currently loving Ubuntu and its good selection of Open Source applications.
[QUOTE=Relic Kylias;16770685]Yes Bionic Apple, I did see that. Although; as I'm sure you can agree; many distros that people would use aren't covered, or, are very lightly covered. Thank you to all who have given suggestions. Currently loving Ubuntu and its good selection of Open Source applications.[/QUOTE]
There aren't [i]that[/i] many worthwhile distros for beginners. Start with the mainstream first.
Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, Mandriva, Debian, they are all easy to use and setup.
[QUOTE=Pixel Heart;16794812]Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, Mandriva, Debian, they are all easy to use and setup.[/QUOTE]
hurr we haven't heard of those already
I'd recommend using a live cd for a week or two so you can mess around with the inner workings without worrying about screwing anything up and having to reinstall. I remember I started out before live cds were out for every distro, so I'd install, try messing around compiling stuff and installing stuff and screwing stuff up. It's a lot harder to do that now since most distros install video drivers and such with a few clicks, but it won't hurt.
[QUOTE=LinuxKidd0;16795033]hurr we haven't heard of those already[/QUOTE]
What's with the dumb ratings, all those distros have been mentioned in the thread before with a better explanation
Are you Denzos alt or do you just have the same avatar? Anyway, don't just listen to everyone else and go for Mint because everyone says it's good. Try out lots of other similar ones, you will be happy you did. I preferred Fedora to Mint. It's good to try lots out (useful to have a lot of spare CDs, I got 50+ from a friend, they're cheap) and see which one you like best, rather than just following the crowd.
Denzo's alt
Managed to finally defrag a stupid file at the end of my windows partition so I'm gonna mess around in the newly shrunk space with Mint, Fedora and maybe openSUSE. Thanks everyone.
SliTaz linux is only 30 MB in size, boots in mere seconds, and is a fully-loaded web-friendly OS. Runs on almost every PC i've tried it on. (Good for when you have a PC without a harddrive.)
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