Linux Distros

Ubuntu hard to set up? It's like the easiest thing in the world.

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1. Laptop, WinXP Home, then Pro, Pentium M 1.4, 512 ram(upgraded to 768 after the switch to linux)
2. Ubuntu, tested 5.10 in dual boot, then went 6.06 only, then 6.10, will be going to 7.04
3. Tested a few linux distro's, ubuntu is the only linux distro to support my laptop's wireless out of the box. Also comes mostly pre-configured already, which I like, as I'm not a huge command line guy.
4. I'm too lazy to do pros/cons

1. General machine configuration (Laptop/Desktop, OS Before Linux, Processor Speed Ram, HD Space, etc)
Acer laptop 9500, 80gb HD (40Win FAT32/40Lin Ext3), 1.5GIG RAM, DVD Writer, 4 USB ports, WinXP Home (dual boot since 2/06), external 120gb FAT32 HD (USB)

2. Linux Distro of Choice
PCLinuxOS 0.93A Big Daddy, running KDE; waiting for PCLOS 2007 Final (about a month away, my guess). I do use a variety of other distros on my other older, smaller equipment, mostly Debian variants like installed Knoppix and DSL.

3. Why you chose it
It just works! multimedia codecs, wireless, synaptic & reliable repositories

I'm running linux most of the time (95%). Still boot Win for work (mostly other laptop) and online banking (stupid bank infrastructure).

I have a custom built desktop computer made by a local computer shop; 3.02 Ghz P4, 512 RAM, 40 G HD. I bought it new in 11/2006, and it has always run Ubuntu 6.06.
I love Ubuntu because it is incredibly easy to install (took 15 minutes from start to finish), very easy to use and has incredible community support. I’m also a fan of SimplyMEPIS as well.

The only downside of using Ubuntu (really, any Linux distro in general) is that some applications I’m used to running under Windows are not available under Linux and cannot be made to run under WINE, either, like iTunes.

1. Desktop, w/ Win. 98SE, 500MHz, 10GB drive, 128MB RAM
2. openSUSE 10.2
3. Read about it in Linux for Dummies :lol:
4. Pros and Cons
+Pros
+Fast w/ KDE on such an old computer
+Huge selection of apps in YaST (administration program)
+Can have (my favorite) GNOME and KDE
+Easily upgradable
+Easy to set-up
-Cons
-Too website doesn't tell you which CDs you need
-GNOME is too slow on such an old computer (well, I guess that's what you get)
-Not very much support (forums, documentation, etc.)

I'll post later on a new PC I'm getting.

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Francis Cardinal Spellman

Ubuntu can be run on the PS3.
I think Gentoo has been run on it as well.
And I'm very sure there are versions of at least a few of the offshoots of RHEL that can be run. I've considered buying a PS3 since if it can be run like a normal computer on Linux, it's a hell of a bargain considering that not only will it run PS3 games, it's being sold at well below cost.

1. Desktop, Window$ 2000 $P4 pt-PT, AMD Athlon XP 1158 Mhz, 400 and something of RAM, 37,28Gb HD

2. Kubuntu Linux 7.04

3. After A LOT of reading trough the web I thought that it was the best distro for a absolute starter like me that came from Window$.

4. Pros:
Very easy to use;
Very customizable;
Very stable;
Lots of command line stuff;
Very "pimped" just right out of the box.

Cons:

Hard too install anyway that don't the default setup;
Some apps just are no good;
Some apps have no GUI;
Lots of command line stuff;
Too many useless apps;
A little unstable (but nothing to do with Window$).

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I made a few CDs to install Gentoo, FreeBSD, and Sabayon Linux, but for different reasons, I can't install any of them. Anyway, my next project will be Linux From Scratch.

Machine: Dell Inspiron 1750E (I think it was), dual-boot With WinXP Home,Intel Core 2 Duo,1 GB o RAM, Sabayon partion has bout 65 GB on a 100 GB HDD, wireless card works great with NDISWrapper.

Distro of choice: Sabayon Linux (I am using 3.4e latest: 3.4f)

Why I like it: cause it has a great boot up time,includeds lots of software on the LiveDVD and after install, included innovative apps like Wine-Doors, and included proprietary codecs,drivers and software (like fglrx,Google Earth,Picasa), included bleeding edge software and Compiz Fusion!

Pros/Cons

Pros:
-Includes Proprietary codecs,software and drivers
-Works better than most popular distros otb (due to the inclusion of proprietary stuff).
-Includes Compiz Fusion!
-Includes a great desktop acceleration tool
-Includes lots of great software on the DVD
-Being Gentoo based, Sabayon has a great boot time and uses Portage to manage packages, therefore it is easier to customize apps and optimizing them.
-Entropy is gonna allow Sabayon to install binary packages
-Always includes the latest version of the included software every update
-It is easy to install
-The chicken theme is nicer than the blue and silver you see on most KDE distros
-Includes great software like Wine-Doors,Virtualbox, Azureus and so on.
-The DVD includes lots of great games like the Battle for Wesnoth.
-New versions of Sabayon come out often
-It is upgradeable via the Live DVD and an installation that is screwed up can be restored.
-GRUB can be configured during Sabayon installation.
-Multiple user accounts can be set up during installation

Cons:
-The releases of the miniCds can take forever
-The DVD ISO is around 4 GB and can take forever to download and the smaller miniEdition does not have that great software as the DVD does.
-Updating Sabayon from the DVD can sometime break it (it caused a kernel panick on my Sabayon 3.4a installation when trying to upgrade to 3.4e
-Depending on how much your installing it can take forever, for me the full blown installation with KDE being the default desktop took me about 1 hour-1 hour and 30 mins.
-The text based installation requires to fully load Sabayon (does not makes sense does it?) plus after the text based it would not allow me to use XGL or AIGLX.
-Google Earth (if your using fglrx) and Azureus do not work out of the box (in 3.4e at least) but are easily fixed.
-Installing software with lots of dependenices thar are not available in Portage can be a hassle.

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As all of ya should know Micro$oft is the Evil Empire, and Windows (a.k.a. Winblows or Windoze) is their greatest general, so please make a difference and install Linux or FreeBSD on yer Windows comp.