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Getting Started and Choosing a Distro

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Our Getting Started forum is the place for linux newbies to engage in discussions related to geting started with the linux operating system and choosing which distribution to install.

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-1	Read Me: Why Linux doesnt need an anti virus ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page) aripaka (Mar 27th, 2006)	28 Days Ago by abhi_marichi	79	32,827
	Read Me: Resources to check out before starting a new thread cscgal (Mar 27th, 2004)	Sep 14th, 2009 by treker1	7	9,668
	Gentoo vs Ubuntu ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page) extofer (Nov 5th, 2005)	Jun 12th, 2007 by planetxmail	75	79,947
	Poll: Favorite Distro ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page) TheNNS (Jul 24th, 2006)	Jun 15th, 2009 by krnekhelesh	72	16,628
	Linux: Some Ugly OS' ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page) sinjix_media (Jun 10th, 2007)	Mar 5th, 2008 by linux	57	14,524
	Dual Boot Windows and Linux ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page) maui_mallard (Feb 12th, 2008)	Feb 21st, 2008 by jbennet	55	7,247
	AntiX is the new MEPISLite ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page) mepnoob2005 (Jun 7th, 2007)	Jun 16th, 2007 by alienlinux	51	9,795
	Mepis and installing... ( 1 2 3 4 5) Marks256 (Jan 17th, 2007)	Mar 9th, 2007 by mepnoob2005	49	9,196
	woes ( 1 2 3 4 5) iamthwee (Jun 9th, 2007)	Jun 21st, 2007 by iamthwee	42	5,070
	which linux for me ( 1 2 3 4) Jicky (Nov 29th, 2007)	Jan 23rd, 2008 by TheNNS	39	6,716
	Making a distro ( 1 2 3 4) jbennet (Feb 6th, 2006)	Nov 2nd, 2006 by TKS	38	7,984
	NTFS - what can I do? ( 1 2 3 4) zeroth (Apr 3rd, 2005)	May 15th, 2005 by JANINE	38	7,588
	MEPIS can read and write to NTFS ( 1 2 3 4) mepnoob2005 (Mar 10th, 2007)	Apr 18th, 2007 by TheNNS	38	8,936
	Should I give Linux a go? ( 1 2 3 4) Grum (Jun 15th, 2007)	Jun 17th, 2007 by iamthwee	35	4,333
	MEPIS, try it now! ( 1 2 3 4) anthonycea (Jul 4th, 2005)	Mar 14th, 2007 by jbennet	35	6,756
-2	Solved: ubuntu styles and themes??? ( 1 2 3 4) hamada_1990 (Jul 11th, 2007)	8 Days Ago by hamada_1990	33	12,255
	New to Linux ( 1 2 3 4) Killer_Typo (Jun 5th, 2004)	Jun 15th, 2004 by DMR	31	6,380
	Ubuntu or Suse???? ( 1 2 3 4) HLA91 (Jul 2nd, 2007)	Aug 1st, 2007 by HLA91	31	5,474
-1	News Story: 2009's 10 Worst Linux Distributions ( 1 2 3 4) khess (Jul 12th, 2009) chrome, distributions, embedded, google, linux, redhat, ubuntu	1 Day Ago by soley	31	20,593
	Linux? ( 1 2 3 4) Citrus_Crow (Apr 26th, 2008)	Jul 2nd, 2008 by Fest3er	30	4,592
	Re: unix admin ( 1 2 3) guru bhai (Oct 15th, 2007)	Oct 19th, 2007 by TheNNS	29	3,276
	linux or windows? ( 1 2 3) achevchenko (Aug 16th, 2008)	Jan 7th, 2009 by jbennet	29	4,218
	Which linux ( 1 2 3) jasweb2002 (Oct 17th, 2004)	May 12th, 2005 by Paul.Esson	28	7,059
	knoppix or else ( 1 2 3) drummerboy (Feb 15th, 2004)	Sep 17th, 2005 by SaraSD	28	9,226
	Confused x86_64 or i386? ( 1 2 3) emen (Jul 19th, 2005)	Jul 1st, 2007 by jbennet	28	20,638
	Gentoo and KDE... ( 1 2 3) Marks256 (Jan 9th, 2007)	Mar 14th, 2007 by jbennet	27	5,066
	Is fedora Core any good? ( 1 2 3) roryt (Dec 28th, 2006)	Aug 6th, 2008 by TheNNS	27	7,302
	could an old machine run linux ( 1 2 3) mikeandike22 (Aug 30th, 2004)	Apr 7th, 2005 by jbennet	26	11,021
	Linux newbie, which version for a server? ( 1 2 3) KF4SQB (Feb 4th, 2005)	May 15th, 2005 by KF4SQB	26	8,321
	SLED 10 video card ( 1 2 3) TheNNS (Mar 25th, 2007)	May 31st, 2007 by TheNNS	26	4,888
	Poll: what OS to use? ( 1 2 3) oalee (Apr 20th, 2004)	May 19th, 2004 by TheOgre	25	5,805
	KDE or GNOME: for garphics intensive apps ( 1 2 3) rayravi (Sep 12th, 2007)	Sep 20th, 2007 by TheNNS	25	3,489
	Linux Newbie ( 1 2 3) cancer10 (Jul 6th, 2007)	Sep 8th, 2007 by jbennet	25	4,423
	Required ram for linux ( 1 2 3) computerages (Aug 6th, 2006)	Jul 1st, 2008 by Fest3er	25	7,477
	Installing Ubuntu From A Windows System With Wubi ( 1 2 3) Hawk (Sep 16th, 2007)	Sep 21st, 2007 by jbennet	25	6,522
	Linus Distro? ( 1 2 3) ayk-retail (Mar 9th, 2007)	Mar 15th, 2007 by jbennet	23	6,086
	Knoppix for Newbies! ( 1 2 3) Tekmaven (Oct 10th, 2002)	Jan 10th, 2008 by TheNNS	23	10,269
	Dell Notebooks NOT Linux Friendly ( 1 2 3) Thong_Ispector (Dec 11th, 2004)	Jan 5th, 2005 by TKS	22	9,167
	XP Replacement Distro? ( 1 2 3) jbennet (Jan 30th, 2007)	Feb 6th, 2007 by jbennet	22	4,820
	What's the most stable Linux for Servers? ( 1 2 3) thisara (Sep 16th, 2009) http://expertcore.org/	27 Days Ago by Crash~Override	22	3,124
	help knoppix liveCD ( 1 2 3) grgreen (Mar 26th, 2007)	May 27th, 2007 by alienlinux	22	5,198
	Booting with lilo and chainloading ( 1 2 3) mepnoob2005 (Mar 14th, 2007)	Jul 18th, 2007 by Sturm	22	5,397

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