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Sercit - Thu Sep 02, 2004 7:13 pm
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Going to buy a new harddrive for a PC I've got laying around gathering dust, and I'm curious - what version of linux would be suggested for someone thats a complete newb to learn off of on? Not wanting to be a power user, not yet anway, I just want to start dabling.

Dr Brain - Thu Sep 02, 2004 10:44 pm
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Mandrake.

Mine GO BOOM - Thu Sep 02, 2004 10:57 pm
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Dr Brain wrote:

Mandrake.

... SuSE, Knoppix, Fendora, Debian. All are good choices.

SuSE - Fri Sep 03, 2004 4:04 am
Post subject: Re: Linux

Sercit wrote:

what version of linux would be suggested for someone thats a complete newb to learn off of on?

to learn what?

Sercit - Fri Sep 03, 2004 11:09 am
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just, using linux, and getting my feet wet with it.

Dr Brain - Fri Sep 03, 2004 11:11 am
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Mandrake is really the only option.

Fedora is a possiblity, but you don't want to mess with the others MGB mentioned. At least not yet. The exception is Knoppix, but thats not really for day to day use.

SuSE - Sat Sep 04, 2004 11:13 pm
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Sercit wrote:

just, using linux, and getting my feet wet with it.

It doesn't really matter. You can learn how to use Linux from any Linux distro. The question is if you want to force yourself to learn how to use Linux to duplicate a Windows-like environment, or if you just want a Windows-like environment to feel comfortable and just learn when you feel like it.

Mine GO BOOM - Sun Sep 05, 2004 12:26 am
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Do you want to use this as a replacement for your main machine, or as a secondary computer? If secondary, I'd recommend Gentoo. Very good one to learn with, as long as you don't plan on using that as your main machine for a week or so until you get used to it.