Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro  Aug 6th, 2007 |
| Replies: 16 Views: 3,349 For immersing one's self into Linux, I would suggest Gentoo. Just print yourself off a copy of the appropriate handbook (based on your processor architecture), and follow it very carefully.
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| Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Aug 4th, 2007 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 1,898 Being a Linux user for the past 13 years, (starting when I was 6), one of the biggest brainf***s you could do is start with a UNIX system (the only exception being Mac OS X - which is a Darwin/BSD... |
| Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Jan 22nd, 2007 |
| Replies: 27 Views: 5,123 If you're new to Linux, I heavily recommend Ubuntu, Mepis and Mandriva.
If you would like to slowly edge your way into the Linux world, try LinuxXP - a linux distribution based off of Fedora Core... |
| Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Aug 25th, 2006 |
| Replies: 15 Views: 3,665 Unless I'm mistaken, isn't a P3 i686 architecture?
I'm currently running Mandriva on a P2 450 mHz box, with 160Mb of RAM - and it run's fine. =D
And to further add on to what joeprogrammer is... |
| Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Aug 22nd, 2006 |
| Replies: 15 Views: 3,665 If you're just starting out - looking to indulge into the Linux world, I recommend Mandriva (http://www.mandriva.com). It's got an absolutely amazing graphical installer, and a pretty slick packaging... |
| Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Aug 18th, 2005 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 5,061 IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN A LINUX ENVIRONMENT, DON'T USE GENTOO!!!!!!!
Sorry, I had to get that out. It's just Gentoo is NOT a good starting point for anybody wishing to get into Linux.... |
