w00t another chance for war;)
Q: What apps do you use most?
A: Firefox,Thunderbird,Amarok,Azureus,OpeOffice.org,G aim,Kaffeine,OpenGL games native or w/ Cedega
Q: Do you have a broadband connection?
A: yep
Q: How familiar are you with computers?
A: Very
Q: How familiar are you with Linux?
A: Very (since Slackware appeared into my life ;) )
Q: How much time are you willing to invest into learning Linux?
A: A lot.
Q: How powerful is your computer?
A: look in the sig
PS. KDE 3.4, Kernel 2.6.12-rc2-love1,genetic CPU/IO sched,Nvidia 1.0-7174
Re: Re: Which is right for me?
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Originally posted by retsaw
I think Mandrake will probably be fine for you. You can mix installing from source and installing rpms as long as don't try to install a package from source that you already have installed by rpm or vice-versa. You may want to look into using checkinstall to build rpms for you, so you can have the packages you built yourself installed by rpm.
XandrOS has support for both RPM and DEB(Debian) packages. If you want to go with something other than Mandriva than try that. It's very easy to use and has a great support and community.
Re: Best distro for low end laptop?
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Originally posted by moo113
I have an old PII 266Mhz laptop with 128MB RAM and a 4GB hard drive.
What would you recommend I run on it for the best effeciency? I would prefer a Debian or Red Hat offspring but all suggestions are welcome.
Gentoo would run nicely on that machine.
If you want soething really fast try something like DSL, Feather, Vextorlinux or BeatriX.
Re: Which Distro for a Dell Power Edge 2600 Server?
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Originally posted by s0ldier93
Hello all-
Long story short (details later if wanted/needed): I work for a contracting company that recently recived a Dell Power Edge 2600. It was recieved with no operating system installed. Furthermore, it is very likely that none will be purchased.
When asked to see what if it works, I poped in my Ubuntu live CD (which I happened to have with me) and it came up nicely. So far this machine has only been used to display screen savers. . . . .that's just not right.
My question is this: Which Linux distro should I install on this machine? What distro will best use all of it's hardware features? (6 raided SCSI hard drives, Dual AMD 2.4Ghz)
Thank you.
Gentoo would be nice on that machine.
Re: Slick Distro, for Low resource PC.
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Originally posted by adwilson
Can anyone sugest a good distro for a low spec PC?
The spec is:
- AMD K6 400MHz
- 256 MB Ram
- 5 Gb HD
My own criteria in order of most desired:
[list=1][*]A Responsive System (no problems using Xface, IceWM etc)[*]Can install new junk/software.[*]Will leave me with enough power to play DVD's, MP3's etc and browse the web at the same time! (my favourite passtime)[/list=1]
Any suggests are most welcome, I'm currently running Debian (Sarge), which is ok, it runs and does just about all I want, but I think there are slicker options available. (also got puppylinux, which is fast I have to say, but I can't get connected to the internet on it:( )
Feel free to sugest ones I haven't mentioned in the poll.
definetly Gentoo.
I need YOUR recommendationS...
Hi, I am new to linux/unix-like environments... I would like to have your recommendations on which distro I should use on the following spec.,
NEC-Branded Japanese Ver. Laptop
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1. Pentium III - Mobile 933 MHz [512KB Cache]
2. 512MB PC133 RAM
3. 40GB [Toshiba 1.8" miniHDD, 4200rpm/2MB cached]
4. 16/32MB VRAM [Shared with Main Memory]
OnBoard Video Card - Cyber ALADDiN-T(TM) made by Trident/ALi [ I know this s**ks... ]
5. 12.1" TFT XGA 1024x768 Screen
6. Japanese Layout Keyboard [with Touchpad]
7. Built-in LAN [RJ45 100BASE-TX/10BASE-T]
8. Built-in Modem [RJ11 FAX Modem]
9. USB2.0 x 3
10. IEEE1394 [4pin] x 1
11. PC card slot x 1
12. CF card slot x 1
13. Built-in Sound Card
14. Wireless LAN Card 802.11a / b [Dual, forgot the manufacturer...]
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Have been staying with Windows for 10 years... tired for keeping upgrade the Windows Ver. as well as the Hardwares... damn costing... I hope to use Linux/Unix-like environment ONLY in the future, NOT dual-booting because such spec. in WinXP SP2 runs too slow... Therefore, I am looking for a distro that can run fast and smoothly under the spec. above.
I will use it for mainly Internet Surfing, Mailing, DVD/CD-Burning (with external drive), Watching Movie, Listening Music. But, due to it is Japanese Ver. Laptop, I am worrying about the hardware compability. Or if I missed out some important hardwares above, please kindly let me know. m(_ _)m [Japanese like to use this BOW sign for begging...]
By the way, I will need an environment that allows me to multi-linguistic input, e.g. Japanese, Chinese and English. Thanks ^.^|||
I am thinking to step in Linux/Unix-like environments but at this stage, I am really confused with too many selections. I am considering FreeBSD because I heard that it is totally FREE of charge but any other suggestion? By the way, I decided to step in Linux/Unix-like environments also due to the DAMN COOL interface, just very personal characteristic expression!!! ^___^
Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu! ["Please" in Japanese.]