Help required for Linux newbie :)
I have posted a question on which Linux to install and I have few more questions about Linux, I thought it wouldn't be fair to add it on to that. Anyway, I suppose I dont have to tell anyone that I'm newbie as regards Linux OS it goes without saying. Its just such a big variety of its releases and for a newbie like me is very hard to know which will suit me best. So could anyone list, say 5-6 most popular and most supported, brief description, advantages disadvantages, differences between them, level of difficulty etc. Would be greatfull if you experts could guide me through and provide whatever information you think I should know. I'm focused on graphic designs and website development. Thank you experts hoping for your help as I always wanted to get my hands on Linux.
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Nice one, thanks for your help! I'm just after downloading an image file for Kubuntu 7.04 beta version. Its almost 700Mb. Is that it? Or is there anything else i need to download?
If your downloading kubuntu-7.04-beta-desktop-
To install just boot on the system and when you will be logged on a X Window session you will have a "Install" shortcut.
Installs steps are well explained and easy to use!
To install just boot on the system and when you will be logged on a X Window session you will have a "Install" shortcut.
Installs steps are well explained and easy to use!
Ubuntu allways comes on one CD, or ultimate ubuntu I think on a DVD, but because it is originaly a liveCD it comes on one media.
After having installed it you can use it's package manager to add further apps.
After having installed it you can use it's package manager to add further apps.
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Since Mandrake changed name for Mandriva I did not really followed this distrib evolution since when I searched for more informations about current Mandriva 2007 I always hit "Purchase and download" and shows pricing informations... I did not found any completely "free" version.
But you may right that somewhere it exist any "free" version. I cant deny it.
But you may right that somewhere it exist any "free" version. I cant deny it.
i know there is a free version of mandriva. Its basically the first 3 cds of the set. cds 1-5 (or 6) are the powerpack, then I believe theirs one more that completes the powerpack+ and contains the corporate proprietary stuff like ATI and Nvidia drivers, acrobat, java, flash. stuff which is freely downloadable anyway.
Reason I like Mandriva is that it keeps fairly uptodate, and it has pretty much anything you'll want built-in. The only complaint I have is the package managers (gui and command line). Honestly I like the ones in 10.x better than 2007. The urpmi is nice, but not as good as yum or apt-get in other distros. To be honest though. On my servers I will be dumping Mandriva for CentOS (yum). On my client I'm still researching it, but am thinking about moving to Ubuntu.
Reason I like Mandriva is that it keeps fairly uptodate, and it has pretty much anything you'll want built-in. The only complaint I have is the package managers (gui and command line). Honestly I like the ones in 10.x better than 2007. The urpmi is nice, but not as good as yum or apt-get in other distros. To be honest though. On my servers I will be dumping Mandriva for CentOS (yum). On my client I'm still researching it, but am thinking about moving to Ubuntu.
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Thanks for all comments. One last thing :) i have dedicated a separate hard drive for Linux. Last night downloaded "debian-31r5-i386-binary-1
while two or more distros can be based on the same "branch" of linux, they are usually pretty exclusive of one another. I'd just re-format and start over with Kubuntu
You can also format those partitions / drives with kubuntu installer
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Thank you very much for your help! Would like to chat with you a little longer but my PC cant wait for a Linuxation, so got to go :)
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