User Friendly Linux Based OS

[Giorgi]

Hi All
I want to change to Linux due to a lack of stability in WinXP. I never used any Linux based OS so please don't advice Slackware or this kind of OS(console = unable to use correctly)
And please give me links to the sites so I see the screenshots.
BTW An OS with Desktop if possible

[Refalm]

. I've been hearing a lot about Mepis, how it's really user friendly. Maybe you should give that a try

[Giorgi]

I was wondering if Fedora was as easy as Mepis?...  :confused:
At least is Fedora developped for Home use?

[Refalm]

I was wondering if Fedora was as easy as Mepis?...  :confused:
At least is Fedora developped for Home use?

 Yes... it's all up to you, but personally, if I was a Linux newbie, I'd go for Mepis, SuSE or Mandrake.

[Aloone_Jonez]

Fedora sucks it's slower than Windows XP!

[WMD]

I'll throw in Ubuntu.

And yes, we know, Aloone. (FC3 is especially slow from my vmware tests)

[MrX]

If you want fast, friendly and easy, then why the hell are you thinking aout linux?
download and install BeOS, and try it for a month.
http://bebits.com/app/3892
if you want some action, you can download my quake II package on BeShare, or, my KISS Bittorrent package.

Mr X

[Giorgi]

If you want fast, friendly and easy, then why the hell are you thinking aout linux?
download and install BeOS, and try it for a month.
http://bebits.com/app/3892
if you want some action, you can download my quake II package on BeShare, or, my KISS Bittorrent package.

Mr X

Can u give me a screenshot?  :rolleyes: I'm not quite sure  

[Refalm]

Can u give me a screenshot?  :rolleyes: I'm not quite sure  

 Dude, BeOS is better than Linux when it comes down to the desktop.
Screenshot

[Giorgi]

Is it a GNOME or KDE? Or a BeOS package?
If BeOS is free I will try it  :rolleyes: What do you think about SuSE or MandrakeLinux?
---Edit---
Is it a GNOME or KDE? Or a BeOS package? - What Does BeOS have as desktop package..

[Refalm]

Is it a GNOME or KDE? Or a BeOS package?
If BeOS is free I will try it  :rolleyes: What do you think about SuSE or MandrakeLinux?

 I never tried SuSE, but I heard great things about it (how easy to use it is, compatibility, etc.)

I did run Mandrakelinux for a year, until I switched to Slackware because of my desire to configure everything myself. I liked Mandrake, it's very easy.

[MrX]

to find out what it looks like- you should do a VNC see topic:
[thread]8826[/thread]

on my machine, i can guide you thru some demos, etc. :thumbup:

Mr X

[WMD]

To answer the question...BeOS uses its own desktop.  It's pretty good, from what tiny bit I've done.  (MrX's connection is too slow for vnc :p)

Pretty much all Linux distrobutions include both KDE and Gnome.  Ubtuntu only includes Gnome by default though...and starting with v2.8, I declare Gnome better than KDE.

[Aloone_Jonez]

Is BeOS mainly graphical or text based?

Does it  load up in text mode than optionally load X and a desktop like Linux?

Or is it like NT where you can only load it in graphics mode?

[Refalm]

Is BeOS mainly graphical or text based?

Does it  load up in text mode than optionally load X and a desktop like Linux?

Or is it like NT where you can only load it in graphics mode?

 1. Mainly graphical. More like the text based stuff is all hidden away, like in Mac OS X.

2. Not that I know of. And BeOS doesn't have X. It has it's own graphics stuff that is superior to X in speed and load balancing.

3. I believe so.