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Looking for a linux distro then do your self a favor don't forget to have a serious look at PclinuxoS. I find it simple and straight forward. Although if you are like me, you continue looking and testing. Ubuntu is great but PclinuxoS has that something that brings me back to it. Not funded by any big Corp. but it works.
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Fedora for me. the speed of response to BZs is the best I've seen, and everything works out of the box, without trying to be like windows (like ubuntu/pclos/opensuse do)
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I'd go for Kubuntu. But if you're so much accustomed to Windows and want to have that sort of feeling when using Linux, I suggest you try to use Linux Mint.
Just be sure you have an account on their forums cause I'm sure you'll experience some bugs along the way. But trust me, you'll love it.
Just be sure you have an account on their forums cause I'm sure you'll experience some bugs along the way. But trust me, you'll love it.
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Originally Posted by DimaYasny 
Fedora for me. the speed of response to BZs is the best I've seen, and everything works out of the box, without trying to be like windows (like ubuntu/pclos/opensuse do)
Also its package manager was unbelievably slow.
For me, I use Ubuntu (Karmic beta), for the reason that its up to date, easy to get installed and to get multimedia etc.. working
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Originally Posted by jbennet
I like fedora but had a crap experience with 11. Its installer crashed constantly unless you chose the defaults (showed how little testing they did - try setting a GRUB password, then renaming an OS entry - every time it leads to a fatal error).
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I keep going back to ubuntu, or its lighter cousin kbuntu.
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Same. And Kubuntu isnt lighter (if anything, Kubuntu is heavier) - maybe you mean Xubuntu?
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#8 Oct 5th, 2009
Yeah i meant xbuntu... however, I haven't INSTALLED a linux distro on a physical machine in ages.
I mainly use it through Vmware. God bless Vmware - the perfect test environment.
I mainly use it through Vmware. God bless Vmware - the perfect test environment.
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#9 Oct 5th, 2009
You know whats awesome. Build an ubuntu (or whatever) system in a VM then use a tool called Remastersys which can create an installable livecd from a currently running system e.g i install and update ubuntu, get flash, dvd, java etc... sorted out as well as any apps i want, then rebuild it (Into a DVD iso) for install onto a physical box
use "remastersys dist"
use "remastersys dist"
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