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When I first switched to Linux, I used Slackware. It's a little bloated but you can choose not to install any extra packages that you don't need. Although I have to say, this new vidalinux is pretty nice

veritas wrote:When I first switched to Linux, I used Slackware. It's a little bloated but you can choose not to install any extra packages that you don't need. Although I have to say, this new vidalinux is pretty nice

i also use slackware. im a slackware fan! anyway... i find pretty nice and its not that bloated. slackware saves my low-end PC. i still can browse and encode and anything i do in windows. i can't switch back to winXP as it need to have at least 256mb minimum (this still hang) . i only have 128mb ram.

Slackware 10.2 (Linux 2.6.13) + Xfce as desktop + firefox + xmms (mp3) + mplayer (video/avi)

atm i'm using Gentoo, with Gnome desktop but switching to KDE cause i like it more.

though i'm kinda new to linux i've used it before and i like to drop myself in to a deep hole so i choosed gentoo directly and started learning it and doing everything. though i still sometimes search for a while to find things out and how to run things it makes me learn more and faster imo. but i still gotta find out how to acces an NTFS HD >.< since i need files from it. maybe somebody got info on that for me?

From a programmer's point of view linux is more extandable and personalisable than windows, you can do whatever you want with your linux system: everything is so transparent, you can see in every detail how your system works.
You can even make your own Linux distribution-> http://forums.phoenix-hosting.org/viewtopic.php?t=1746

Greets,
Joe.

For first-time distro i would have to suggest Kanotix. Ask me Why ? Just becouse it's the most automated , so the user would'nt have to set up the display , the 3d support , mp3support , the mounting etc. But i have another attitude, if someone tryes slackware and uses just slackware he wont notice the difference (being -harder- for newbies) then mandriva for example. All in all try kanotix , and any pkg you'll need apt-get would do it Happy Linuxing

How can I learn Linux if I had only windows
I think Shell should help me

in my opinion i think that Mandrake Linux 10 is the the best solution for a windows user that has his first wncounter with open source !

I tried linux once. IT was a whole new world, but it got old fast. Plus my parents are like "WTF IS THIS?"

But then i couldnt change my resolution...everything was so big. I was using suse, and it didnt support my computer hardware.

SWEEG

When u say kubuntu!

Everyone can get free CD's from https://shipit.kubuntu.org/

I also think that they should start with Mandrake...

xandros is not bad..

www.xandros.com

I started with Mandrake ,continued with Suse ,tried fedora ,then mandriva and I ended up with Ubuntu.

Why ubuntu?
-It`s stable ,built on solid debian linux
-It`s user friendly ,the ubuntu comunity puts strong efforts to make ubuntu as easy as possible
-It has a gigantic comunity ready to help you
-Most of the hardware is configured automaticly
-It`s available in many languaghes
-It has huge software/library repositories ,most of the software can be installed with a single command or a few clicks
-Ohh man ,you can even get ubuntu/kubuntu cds for free

These are only a few of the features ,this distro made me hate booting to windows ,it realy is a "linux for human beings" ,I recomend it to people wanting to try a linux ,you can get help from irc.freenode.net or from the ubuntu forums or even from me.

Feren6 wrote:What would be your arguments on why Linux > Windows besides the stability issue. Why is Linux > Windows for programming? I just want to hear your side of it to help me out with learning. Thanks a lot
Feren6.

The compiler and other dev tools are free under *nixes, though I hear you get some freebies on the windoze side. if you're just getting your feet wet with programming, it's best to have very little between you, your editor, and the compiler. The *nix dev environment is really good at giving you total control

leenux wrote:xandros is not bad..

www.xandros.com

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indeed, a good start is ubuntu live CD and DamnSmallLinux

Mandrake and Redhat are very easy linux distros for beginners, and knoppix and other livecd distros are great to try out linux or just to be able to bring linux with you wherever you want to go.