Linux Suggest a Distro for a linux newbie

[afterburner]

It looks like Mac os,
Is it open source or paid?

It is 100% Open Source and based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS , give a spin..

 

[topgear]

Honestly try Elementary OS Luna its stable now ans aesthetically its way better than Linux Mint,using it from beta1
I'm also installed in separate drive installed as usual installed bootloader on /dev/sda(which is by default) done
Cheers

sound very interesting .. going to give it a try for sure. Ty for the name

 

[afterburner]

sound very interesting .. going to give it a try for sure. Ty for the name

Yup have a spin you will like it..
Typing from eOS..

 

[topgear]

I can see only CD image is available .. is there by any chance that a DVD version is also available somewhere so I can install lots of apps in one go ?

 

[afterburner]

Right now only CD image is available eOS is pretty simple in packaging they won't include most of the things..!

 

[topgear]

Ok, thanks for the reply .. going to try it on a VM.

 

[Soyab0007]

Has anyone tried OS Luna?

 

[afterburner]

Has anyone tried OS Luna?

Yup I'm using its as primary OS..!
And windows for games..!

 

[madhuraj]

I am using Elementary OS Luna as my main OS and its pretty good..

 

[Soyab0007]

Yup I'm using its as primary OS..!
And windows for games..!

I am using Elementary OS Luna as my main OS and its pretty good..

Primary OS , can we install wine in it to use windows apps..

 

[madhuraj]

^ Yes.. but everything you require, there will be alternative apps available in the repos..

 

[vivek.krishnan]

Need an alternative to Windows 8 - I have started hating it. Shall try Luna - queueing it on my download machine.

 

[TEUser2K1]

1) Fedora, 2) Debian, 3) Mageia

 

[afterburner]

Need an alternative to Windows 8 - I have started hating it. Shall try Luna - queueing it on my download machine.

A complete alternative should be difficult,Linux is Choice so try different distros,play for sometime if you like go on..!

 

[vivek.krishnan]

Having issues with booting elementary OS. Will try Linux Mint 15 next. Damn you MS - ****ed up shit with that Secure Boot and all. Plus the BIOS on Sony machines is equally crap.

 

[Dex@ter]

Do try Mint 15 .. its real good .. Also you can try Ubuntu 13.10 incase you can adjust to the unity desktop .... else wait for Mint 16 which will come end of this month
A lot of Linux distro's have small quirks so you need to chose one u like but Mint Linux is kinda safe bet

 

[nimod]

I installed Elementary OS in an VM and I really liked the clean looks and the lightness.
I have tried linux mint, but didn't like it as its difficult to install gnome shell in mint.
I had stopped using ubuntu long back because of bloats.

Elemntary OS has GNOME shell based desktop, but with some quirks.

 

[ameyp]

Yep, Elementary OS is pretty cool

 

[ankushv]

Ubuntu has become slow now days .
I want something that makes my net book work fast . Play videos and surf net smoothly .

 

[TEUser2K1]

If you are career oriented, 1) CentOS, 2) Debian, 3) Open SUSE

If for looks: http://pearlinux.fr/