OSes you can start from the CD (was: ...utility...)
Friday, June 19, 2009 at 11:36 am
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Posted by gewg_
(3925 messages posted)
DanTheMan wrote:
|what linux do you use ??
Currently
from the Usenet Archive -- alt.comp.linux
The "Which distro" test:
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/
It's a bit limited in the scope of choices IMO; this page may be more useful:
http://polishlinux.org/choose/comparison/?distro1=Ubuntu&distro2=Fedora
NOTE:
That page is huge because there is a crapload of mostly-useless comments there
which should be on a separate page.
FAQ for Linux Newbies
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-newbie/57918-all-new-users-read-first.html
**Strategy for Migration to an All-Free Software Environment** by Ubuntucat
cache
of http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/a-home-users-successful-migration-strategy-from-windows-to-ubuntu-2
When installing, Linux distros will offer to set you up as dual-boot.
If you have the disk space, take the offer.
You can always come back and adjust your partition sizes
(using the tools that Linux includes) to shrink a little-used Windoze partition
or to reclaim all the space for a more efficient filesystem (e.g. ext3)
or to reclaim all of it for M$ if you find Linux isn't for you.
NOTE: Linux groks any filesystem that M$ can use;
the inverse is NOT true, so keeping one FAT32 partition MAY be smart.
I actually recommend a SEPARATE hard drive for Linux.
That will incur the least problems from its retarted M$ cousin
--and protects the Windoze partition from Linux newbie mistakes.
...and if the look & feel or the installation of one distro
isn't a good fit for you, TRY ANOTHER.
These are some lighter-than-normal distros:
The versions of Linux Mint using an XFCE or Fluxbox desktop (Ubuntu-based)
PCLinuxOS (RedHat-based, but uses the Synaptic package manager)
Puppy Linux (Its own genealogy)
Damn Small Linux (Debian-based)
Zenwalk (Slackware-based)
Elive (Debian-based)[1]
openSuSE (SuSE-based)
I listed the Novell offering last
because of my disagreement with that corp's business model. YMMV
A custom install may be just what a former M$ user is seeking.
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1244416871
Again, with a LiveCD you **don't** have to INSTALL it to test drive it.
You can boot to the CD and run the full OS from there (including the GUI).
[1] Elive is that developer's only source of income
so he pointedly asks for donations
--or makes you jump thru hoops to download his stuff,
but that distro using the Enlightenment desktop may be just the ticket for many.
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