Best Linux?
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Hey Google is your friend. If you spare about 10 minutes you will easily get yuor linux pc on your network and printing. You don't mention with distro your using??
Oh, uh, good question. Now technically speaking, uhh, let's say, put me down as a... 'Whatever'?
The_Great_Gonzo wrote:
If you spare about 10 minutes you will easily get yuor linux pc on your network and printing.
Maybe that's the problem. I spent several hours searching. I found lots of information, but nothing trivial. Even so, Google is only as good as the question that gets asked.
The_Great_Gonzo wrote:
You don't mention with distro your using??
Would that seriously make a difference? In any case, it was v5.10.
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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I want to install Linux in a VM. What is the current best Linux? I have heard good things about Ubuntu.
Best wishes, Hans
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I think it depends on if you want it to be a server or a desktop. Slackware for server, Ubuntu as desktop.
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I want to install Linux in a VM. What is the current best Linux? I have heard good things about Ubuntu.
Best wishes, Hans
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I have tried OpenSUSE 10.2, Fedora 5 and Ubuntu 6.06LTS and 7.04, all of them on dual boot machines with XP Pro and Server 2003. Using M$ VM was not worth it, very slow and sometimes did not even install certain distros. If you want to run in VM go with Parallels or VMWare. All were pretty easy to install along side XP/Server 2003, with Ubuntu being the easiest. OpenSuse had a nice feature that it allowed you to use your Windows Domain login. Fedora was ok, but I think still needs a lot of pollishing. Ubuntu would have to be my hands down favorite. Easy to configure, with WiFi, the interface and printing. Had most of the commonly used apps installed. Ubuntu also offered a really easy to use software installer and keeps all the packages up to date. It automatically recognized all my hardware on standard PC and an IBM T40 notebook, including all networking. I was able to use the internet, all network peripherals and shared folders, within 10 minutes after the full installation. Ubuntu also allows you to boot from the CD, without installing just to make sure your machine is compatable, well worth it. Brian
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I want to install Linux in a VM. What is the current best Linux? I have heard good things about Ubuntu.
Best wishes, Hans
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If you like configuring linux and figuring out how it works, I'd recommend slackware. After install, it drops you into the shell and lets you have all the fun you can handle :) But seriously, Slackware is a great linux learning tool. It lets you install as little or as much as you want. It's rock solid. And, it doesn't use any wacky package management system, you can use tgz "packages" or compile straight from source. Yea, it can be a bitch with dependacies, but at least you know exactly what you are installing.
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If you like configuring linux and figuring out how it works, I'd recommend slackware. After install, it drops you into the shell and lets you have all the fun you can handle :) But seriously, Slackware is a great linux learning tool. It lets you install as little or as much as you want. It's rock solid. And, it doesn't use any wacky package management system, you can use tgz "packages" or compile straight from source. Yea, it can be a bitch with dependacies, but at least you know exactly what you are installing.
I too would recommend slackware. It's very fast and very powerful. IF you are uncomfortable with compiling packages from source and have trouble finding all the dependencies (it can be a pain ), i would recommend a distribution of Linux with a nice package manager. Ubuntu is a good distro if you are fairly new to linux but it's not as fast as slackware. Overall I found Arch linux to be great. I came across this distro about a year ago and fell inlove with it... It's fast, easy to use and has a great package manager. The documentation is pretty good too. Anyhoo.. good luck
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I want to install Linux in a VM. What is the current best Linux? I have heard good things about Ubuntu.
Best wishes, Hans
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Although I am by no means a Linux Guru, I have played around with several different distributions: 1) Debian GNU Linux - this is the one that I cut my teeth on. Sometimes, looking back, it is a wonder that I even kept at it. I could have started with a lot more "newbie-friendly" version! The install process was not as slick as some of the others that I have looked at, but I have not looked at their latest releases in a while. The newer ones may be better. Sometimes it was challenging for me to get all my hardware working (probably more of a lack of knowledge on my part at the time, than anything else). They had/have packages for everything (including the kitchen sink). Once I got it up and running, I found it to be very stable. Most problems I had were cause by yours truly. 2) OpenSuse 10.2 - This is the one that I have ended up using day to day on my desktop at home. Install, etc. is very slick. I think Suse was the first Linux distro that I installed where things like the sound just worked without my having to twiddle something. It is handy that it uses RPMs for its packages, in that it makes finding packages for things that you would like to install easier. All in all, I find it to be stable, and easy to use. 3) Ubuntu/Kubuntu - I had read all the buzz about Ubuntu, so I cleaned off one of the Hard Disks that I had used for testing (Goodbye Vista RC :)), and gave it a try. I installed the Kubuntu variety, since I prefer KDE (Ubuntu uses the Gnome desktop; Kubuntu KDE). I found that it lived up to the hype. Everything just worked, the install was slick and plainless. It definitely looked like a good choice for a desktop system. Since Ubuntu is based upon the Debian distro, everything seemed very familiar to me. 4) Gentoo - This was one I decided to experiment with for the fun of it. This was one different puppy! Rather than installing pre-compiled packages, they download the source-code to your PC, apply any pertinent patches, and compile and install it. I learned a lot about where things were, config files, etc. I complained to a friend about the manual install, and he said, "Didn't you just boot the disk and follow the automated install?" I said, "What automated install? I found a document online that said it was the quick-install guide that had me doing all this stuff manually!" :doh: I got it working with KDE after a fashion, but never did get sound working for some reason. This is definitely a geek version of Linux. Well, that's my two-cents / experience. Hope
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The_Great_Gonzo wrote:
If you spare about 10 minutes you will easily get yuor linux pc on your network and printing.
Maybe that's the problem. I spent several hours searching. I found lots of information, but nothing trivial. Even so, Google is only as good as the question that gets asked.
The_Great_Gonzo wrote:
You don't mention with distro your using??
Would that seriously make a difference? In any case, it was v5.10.
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
Yes it would make a difference and from your reply I assume your talking about Ubuntu or one of it's siblings?? Did you post to the excellent forums at the Ubuntu site? I'm sure from the reputation they have you would have an answer in no time. Or possibly www.linuxquestion.org?
Oh, uh, good question. Now technically speaking, uhh, let's say, put me down as a... 'Whatever'?
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Yes it would make a difference and from your reply I assume your talking about Ubuntu or one of it's siblings?? Did you post to the excellent forums at the Ubuntu site? I'm sure from the reputation they have you would have an answer in no time. Or possibly www.linuxquestion.org?
Oh, uh, good question. Now technically speaking, uhh, let's say, put me down as a... 'Whatever'?
No need to assume. He mentioned it in the original post. :laugh: I see you're search abilities are impeccable.
This statement was never false.
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I'd like to install Linux on a 466MHz 96MB RAM class machine. What Linux would be good for that? - Owen -
Do a search for Puppy Linux, Pretty Damn Small Linux, and I think Slackware works well for the lower end machines. Debian probably would as well.
This statement was never false.
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I want to install Linux in a VM. What is the current best Linux? I have heard good things about Ubuntu.
Best wishes, Hans
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If you want something that just works, is very fast and friendly as well as good looking, I urge you to try PCLinuxOS, http://www.pclinuxos.com
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No need to assume. He mentioned it in the original post. :laugh: I see you're search abilities are impeccable.
This statement was never false.
Actually he didn't mention it he quoted it, doooooh!! He actually made no reference to it at all he just said he installed "it". Therefore he could actually be talking about any of the ditros available. Anyway if my search skills where so poor I wouldn't be able to read this as I wouldn't have been able to connect to the internet (even though it is much simpler to achieve in *nix then windoz). And seeing as I can get on the net and search I can print this off as well..... Please remember that just because your unable to understand a technology doesn't mean you can't learn. There is no need to follow Microsoft in their lame and unfounded attempts to spread FUD because lets face it's down to users to install what they want to use and based on Vista there has never been more linux distros being downloaded.
Oh, uh, good question. Now technically speaking, uhh, let's say, put me down as a... 'Whatever'?
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Do a search for Puppy Linux, Pretty Damn Small Linux, and I think Slackware works well for the lower end machines. Debian probably would as well.
This statement was never false.
Chris-Kaiser wrote:
Do a search for Puppy Linux, Pretty Damn Small Linux, and I think Slackware works well for the lower end machines. Debian probably would as well.
Puppy certainly looks interesting. Thanks! - Owen -