Linux Choice of distro

[VinayaK]

Hello people. Till now i was ocassionally using ubuntu 7.10 as my linux distro. I would want to use a different version or probably a different distro altogether this time. requirements would be simplicity, all advanced features which linux can offer and eye candy would do goood too . Please suggest me asap as i would want to install a distro real fast. Thanking u ppl in advance.

-Vinayak

 

[vishalrao]

If you like GNOME try Fedora 10, if you like KDE try Mandriva.

But you mentioned simplicity as a requirement? Then get Ubuntu 8.10

 

[VinayaK]

dude does it have compiz fusion and ntfs read ... pardon me if this was one of the noobiest things asked

 

[vishalrao]

yes all of them have compiz fusion desktop effects and ntfs access (read and write now) these days

 

[VinayaK]

it will be stable on AMD Athlon 64 - 3200+ i hope .. this is because i read in their main site below the live cd a statment which says "683MB, ISO format, 1 CD-ROM disc image for Intel-compatible PCs"

 

[Yamaraj]

Go for openSUSE 11.1, or if stability is required: CentOS 5.2 (5.3 is just around the corner, though).

 

[vishalrao]

yes it will be stable on AMD. Only sometimes wierd motherboards might cause problems. But if Ubuntu 7.10 worked chances are newer releases will work too.

openSUSE is messy/cluttered. CentOS is a "enterprise" like thing. Stick to one of the three: Fedora, Ubuntu and Mandriva. Some might suggest Linux Mint.

 

[vishalrao]

Links you asked for:

HTTP: http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/10/Live/i686/F10-i686-Live.iso

Torrent: http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/torrents//Fedora-10-i686-Live.torrent

 

[Dark Star]

Big no for Fedora... Pathetic software database :| Please either go for Ubuntu or Mandriva,,

 

[lucky_chouhan]

i use redhat enterprise as5 server with kde ..

Perfect play.