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2 Mar 08, 10:37 AM
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I have AMD 64 3700+, 1 GB RAM, ATI 550 PCI-e GPU.
Suggest me which Dist. of Linux Shall I use, I have good knowledge of Win-XP.
Thanks in Advance.
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2 Mar 08, 10:41 AM
 | Explosive Member | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Amchi Mumbai :P Age: 24
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| | Re: New Starter of Linux | |
frankly this question has been asked till death. Ubuntu is great for starters.
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2 Mar 08, 11:24 AM
 | Steroids Member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bangalore
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| | Re: New Starter of Linux | |
First ask these for yourself:
1.Why you want linux?Is XP not sufficient?
2.Do you have Unltd/high data cap broadband?
3.Most importantly..DO YOU HAVE LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT OF PATIENCE?
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2 Mar 08, 11:33 AM
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| | Re: New Starter of Linux | |
Originally Posted by shashank_re
First ask these for yourself:
1.Why you want linux?Is XP not sufficient?
2.Do you have Unltd/high data cap broadband?
3.Most importantly..DO YOU HAVE LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT OF PATIENCE? | 1. Many Engg. Students asks about Linux.
2. Unltd/High data cap broadband ?
3. Yes
4. Can spend 2 hours a day for Learning Linux.
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2 Mar 08, 11:45 AM
| Steroids Member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bangalore
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Ok then.Many will suggest you to try Ubuntu but in my opinion i found suse to be good and easy.I liked rpm based destros than debain based.
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2 Mar 08, 11:59 AM
| Nuclear Member  | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Thiruvanthoram Age: 23
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since you have an Ati card, prepare for a VERY hard and frustrating , if not impossible road to getting compiz/beryl 
if you have an nvidia onboard graphics, suggest you use them instead 
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2 Mar 08, 12:01 PM
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| | Re: New Starter of Linux | |
I also was a long time SUSE/KDE user but I got hooked on Ubuntu/GNOME's clean and simple approach. I also think the RPM based packaging/updates are slower than debs, at least on openSUSE its slow. Now I am on Ubuntu both in office and at home
Although there was a blog about upcoming openSUSE 11 package solver being super fast now, so I might actually switch back because I prefer KDE 3.x (dont like KDE4)...
See Duncan Mac-Vicar P. Blog Archive fast package management
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2 Mar 08, 12:07 PM
 | Steroids Member | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Delhi Age: 17
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| | Re: New Starter of Linux | |
try Mandriva/Ubuntu , you''ll probably learn them in a few hours
ATi card can give you probs
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2 Mar 08, 12:29 PM
| Fanatic Member | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mumbai Age: 23
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Ubuntu all the way
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2 Mar 08, 12:55 PM
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I have an option to change gpu to nivida 7300 GS, then
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2 Mar 08, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by greenhorn
since you have an Ati card, prepare for a VERY hard and frustrating , if not impossible road to getting compiz/beryl
if you have an nvidia onboard graphics, suggest you use them instead | Its not that every linux user has to run compiz/beryl. Default desktop env would be more than good enough.
I think within few months of starting he can figure that out. The config is more than enough for getting started.
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2 Mar 08, 02:20 PM
| Nuclear Member | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Thiruvanthoram Age: 23
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ubuntu with your eyes closed. You will have to download some updates . lesser if you install a more recent version. Ubuntu:Gutsy -
I consider the above guide the ubuntu bible. anything else, problems etc , google should help.
You will need to invest some time/bandwidth to get the stock ubuntu install into something usable ( mp3 , divx etc codecs, Java runtime , nvidia hw drivers, stuff like that ) , but once you do, you'll love it
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2 Mar 08, 02:45 PM
| Steroids Member | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Delhi Age: 17
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^^ if you dont want to do that extra stuff , get Linux MINT , ubuntu with everything already installed
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2 Mar 08, 08:19 PM
2 Mar 08, 09:25 PM
 | Nuclear Member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: /var/temp Age: 18
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| | Re: New Starter of Linux | |
Originally Posted by shashank_re
First ask these for yourself:
1.Why you want linux?Is XP not sufficient?
2.Do you have Unltd/high data cap broadband?
3.Most importantly..DO YOU HAVE LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT OF PATIENCE? | If you don't have any valuable suggestions .. Please keep those crap posts away from Open Source forum 
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