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Re: So many versions of Linux, what do I do!!!

I found that Suse (now on it's 9.3 distro release) is a nice simple one for beginners, comes with most of your toys preinstalled (such as messanger, internet, etc.) and is very very simple to setup. Gentoo is when your very confident you know linux systems, as it allows total customization of your entire system. I know a number of the people at WPI that live in linux and this is what I have learned.

Re: So many versions of Linux, what do I do!!!

www.fedora.redhat.com

Fedora Core has released its latest distro, Fedora Core 4. It is compatible with a LOT more hardware than anything else, and is probably THE simplest distro yet. I do NOT recommend SuSe, as it does not detect a lot of popular hardware such as nVidia, etc.

Re: So many versions of Linux, what do I do!!!

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Originally Posted by Ashley Weed

I'm at that point, where I just can't handle Windows/Microsoft all the time when working on IST. I started to browse around at different versions of Linux until I found out there are thousands of them! How do I choose? I do a little programming in C++, but its not necessary that I do it in Linux. I would like to be able to do web editing in my Linux OS eventually. What about messengers and web browsers? Will I be able to switch over Trillian, Firefox, and my webcam? Looking for a good version to start with at this point in time, all suggestions will be appreciated!!!! Thanks! :]

Knoppix is great for the beginner! Its basic CD Version includes Openoffice, Mozilla, Several internet chat programs, and KDE For the GUI...

To get a tiny bit more advanced... The DVD Version of Knoppix has everything above, as well as about 30+ more gui's, and several other programs...its almost like a full OS!