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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: Open2Change on 1 September 2002, 07:44

Title: Help on Choices
Post by: Open2Change on 1 September 2002, 07:44: Didn't know where to post this, new here - I have a VAIO running Windows ME - Miss my Mac, BIG TIME.

I am totally, embarrassingly illiterate here, can you load MacOS onto a Windows based computer, just switch them out? Or is Mac a type of computer??

If you had to choose between SuSE, Bear, Lindows, or as is typical, RedHat - which would you choose.

Please be kind, I'm just trying to get out of the Kingdom of Gates.
Title: Help on Choices
Post by: eradicator on 1 September 2002, 08:05: well, you can't run MacOS on a standard PC, but anyways.. on Linux distributions i'd say go with SuSE or Libranet. you should of posted this in the Linux forum, it gets more attention :P
Title: Help on Choices
Post by: Open2Change on 1 September 2002, 08:17: Thank you - LOL - you are now my best friend.
Title: Help on Choices
Post by: RudeCat7 on 1 September 2002, 08:37: Suse 7.3 or 8.0! Make sure you don't have a wintel modem or some weird usb ADSL modem. SuSe will treat you right! A must for beginners! ;)

Lindows is a no no.

[ August 31, 2002: Message edited by: RudeCat7 ]
Title: Help on Choices
Post by: choasforages on 1 September 2002, 21:19: hmmm, would defintatly recomend going with redhat 8.0 if and when it comes out. and also, please post ?'s that relate to linux, in the linux forum, linux is most certanly a mainstream os, even ibm says so. well, welcome to the boards
Title: Help on Choices
Post by: Open2Change on 1 September 2002, 21:33: Sorry - learning all the time. I just got a pop up about Facetwin...am still reading (and reading and reading and reading).

FacetWin??

Researching some more - thanks. You guys have been great. (and endlessly patient)
Title: Help on Choices
Post by: TheQuirk on 1 September 2002, 10:23: SuSE. I installed the home edition and I love it! Libranet is also pretty cool.
Title: Help on Choices
Post by: jtpenrod on 1 September 2002, 11:22: quote:
If you had to choose between SuSE, Bear, Lindows, or as is typical, RedHat - which would you choose.
My choices for the Linux virgin would be either Mandrake or Lycoris. Lycoris has the advantage of being not-too-different from Winderz, so it's not so intimidating, and it installs easily. However, it's still new and not quite so mature as 'Drake. And so, Lycoris can sometimes be flakey. 'Drake is also quite easy to install, comes with some excellent documentation, offers quite a lot of apps, and is still a full-featured Linux that will still prove useful even after you get over the newbie stage. It's not just something you learn on before getting a "real" distro.

Go to Mandrake Linux (http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/fdoc/php3) and check out: Mandrake Linux: Installation and User Guide and Mandrake Linux: Reference Manual. Lots of good information there, and both are free downloads. Also keep this one handy as well: Linux Newbie (http://www.linuxnewbie.org)

And don't forget: there's a new Mandrake release due later this fall :D
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Title: Help on Choices
Post by: sporkme on 1 September 2002, 13:45: linuxnewbie.org has solutions to nearly every linux problem ever, ten times over

mandrake has been treating me very very well, even better than redhat

i will try redhat 8.x and mandrake 9.x after a point release has passed

and use kde 3