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I am at a loss for which to choose

Jun 11th, 2007

Ok so here is how it goes. I am currently in possesion of my own computer which has Ubuntu 7.04 on it. YAY! I did that yesterday. My little brother would like the same thing but sadly I think his is too old. I inserted the CD that had ubuntu on it and it gave me the erorr message that it did not make the 1999 cut off for something in the bios. It is a Pionex computer and it is not that great. I just would like to know what to put on it. Here is the big catch. I MUST have a GUI I have used Windows for all of my 18 years on this planet and I can't do any coding or anything that I have seen in base systems. Also I need something with the synaptics package thingy if it is possible. If anyone can solve my problem or give me a distro of some kind that would be great. The PC currently is running XP professional and it has a hard drive of like 9-10 GB as well as another 3GB hard drive, a DVD ROM and a floppy drive. Again it is a pionex and I have no documentation it was given to us by a friend. Anything that I can do to get it running would be cool. Again this if for my little bro (12 y.o) it can't be complicated. I am sorry this is so particular anyting you can reccomend with a GUI is better then nothing. Bless anyone who helps.

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A.

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Re: I am at a loss for which to choose

Jun 11th, 2007

How much ram does it have out of interest?

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Re: I am at a loss for which to choose

Jun 11th, 2007

I'd suggest taking a look at Debian (from which Ubuntu is based), but I will say that I've never used it myself.

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Re: I am at a loss for which to choose

Jun 11th, 2007

debian, gentoo, arch, or slackware should work well. btw, gentoo and arch will be the fastest.

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Re: I am at a loss for which to choose

Jun 11th, 2007

Arch + Gentoo arent user friendly or easy to insstall though

I recommend debian. You only need CD1 and 2 for a standard install with a GUI. It runs well on older systems.

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Re: I am at a loss for which to choose

Jun 14th, 2007

debian all the way. slackware and gentoo are WAY to complicated for regular users to install

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Re: I am at a loss for which to choose

Jun 14th, 2007

Sure they are. I have been using linux for ~4 months. I installed gentoo, slackware, and arch without a hitch.

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Re: I am at a loss for which to choose

Jun 14th, 2007

keep in mind this guy doesn't want anything to do with a command line, I'm sure he also doesn't want to configure every little file like you have to in slackware. Besides, slackware takes lik 9 cd's.

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