Distro Help? [EDITED]

[Pathos]

Summers gone Jimmy, anyway providing you don't run a big and bloated distro you can easilly run Linux on a cheaper old machince, so I recommend you go and buy a cheap P500 add more than 128MB of RAM (preferibly 256) and you'll be up and running in no time.

Why is everyone going on about FAT32? Firstly it is shit and secondly Linux can read NTFS (and can write to it using captive). The only reason you'll ever need a FAT32 partition is to copy data from Linux to Windows.

You can run Linux on machines with 2mb of ram. Vector Linux standard recommends 32-64mb. Previous versions worked fine with 16mb.

I and others only mentioned FAT32 for file sharing between Lin&Win.

Although it definitely works with NTFS, I can read/delete/alter files from the family computer while they are using it. hehe, wait for them to download a really big file then cut and paste it somewhere else. very funny.

[MarathoN]

matched me with mandrake pcl & suse. Seeing how suse rocks the entire known universe, i must say, this test is fairly accurate.

One thing that I ABSOLUTELY HATE about SuSE is the fact that there are no choices for GUI apart from KDE and GNOME.... :rolleyes:

[themacuser]

That's one thing really good about Ubuntu - it's easy to switch windowmanager. I know someone who has gnome, kde, afterstep, fluxbox and icewm on their ubuntu box, and it takes one set of radio buttons on the login screen to choose them.

[KernelPanic]

That's one thing really good about Ubuntu - it's easy to switch windowmanager. I know someone who has gnome, kde, afterstep, fluxbox and icewm on their ubuntu box, and it takes one set of radio buttons on the login screen to choose them.

This has been possible on most distros for eons.

[Aloone_Jonez]

You can run Linux on machines with 2mb of ram. Vector Linux standard recommends 32-64mb. Previous versions worked fine with 16mb.

I am aware of this, however someone who is migrating away from Windows is most likely to require an easy to use desktop like KDE or GNOME and I certainly wouldn't recommend using them with any less than 128MB, Xfce maybe but it still ins't as easy as KDE or GNOME.

[MarathoN]

I am aware of this, however someone who is migrating away from Windows is most likely to require an easy to use desktop like KDE or GNOME and I certainly wouldn't recommend using them with any less than 128MB, Xfce maybe but it still ins't as easy as KDE or GNOME.

XFCE isn't as easy as KDE or GNOME?

I disagree, I think XFCE is MUCH easier than KDE AND GNOME. :thumbdwn:

[Aloone_Jonez]

That's a matter of opinion I suppose but it doesn't have as many features as KDE or GNOME like buit in zip support, mouse over file view or point and click configureation utilities.

[MarathoN]

That's a matter of opinion I suppose but it doesn't have as many features as KDE or GNOME like buit in zip support, mouse over file view or point and click configureation utilities.

The last one is wrong, it does have a VERY easy configuration utility. :p

[Kintaro]

Why the hell do you want Ubuntu you poor soul, get slackware or Debian. Get anything as long as it isn't Ubuntu, Linspire, or Mandriva.

Ok, so basically I made a deal with my dad, If i keep my average in Algebra to 80+ I can do a dual boot with linux! HURRAY!

Anyway, in other words.

I'm thinking of getting Ubuntu with fluxbox as an X window manager.
Any comments on this?
[If yes, get me something with tabs]
Furthermore a partion/dual boot guide [and software] would be helpful.

Any recomended info for getting some funky ubuntu setup would be nice as well!

Also, I'm just ganna use linux as an IM [Gaim]/GIMP/server testing ground.

I'm reading up on SuSe and it looks very nice, just need to find a dvd rw and I'll try it :-P.

Also, heres some specs, 160gb harddrive, 512MB DDR SDRAM, 2800+ AMD Athlon XP processor and a NVIDIA Geforce4 MX Graphics card, all seemed to work in Ubuntu except moniter, which I new how to fix, and may not know how to fix in SuSe :-P

Oh yeah, another thing is, I'm thinking about completatly wiping me computer, and than haveing Windows on one partion, Linux on another and all other files/folders on a third partion, any comments bout this?

Haha, I sound like such a newb.

[Refalm]

XFCE isn't as easy as KDE or GNOME?

I disagree, I think XFCE is MUCH easier than KDE AND GNOME. :thumbdwn:

Except for the file manager, which sucks.

[Aloone_Jonez]

The last one is wrong, it does have a VERY easy configuration utility. :p

I know, but was talking about the system configuration like you can change the screen resolution.

[MarathoN]

I know, but was talking about the system configuration like you can change the screen resolution.

Lol, you can do that in XFCE's config utility as well. :rolleyes:

[Aloone_Jonez]

I haven't used Xfce for a while, what version are you currenty using? Is it the latest?

[MarathoN]

4.2.2, if that's the latest, came with Slackware 10.2

[Refalm]

Lol, you can do that in XFCE's config utility as well. :rolleyes:

But the file manager still sucks.

I also dislike Gnome's too, but it's slightly better that XFCE's.

Konqueror is customizable to more extend than the two I metioned.