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Beginner's Guide to Linux Distros

Posted by Zonk on from the pick-your-poison dept.

Martin writes "TipMonkies has a nice overview of various Linux distros for those of you with little time to research each distro yourself. The article also discusses some of the advantages/disadvantages of each distro." From the article: "SUSE- The 'U' is hard and the 'E' is soft. Almost like the word sue with an S on the end. SUSE is the other big commercial distro. It was when it was still it's own company in Germany, and now even bigger since being purchased by Novell."

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  1. finally... by reiggin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    great breakdown and very informative... much needed for newbs.

  2. It's good... by ianmac7 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    .. to have another source of information about a great OS. http://www.distrowatch.com/ is great too.

  3. Re:But people don't want to learn. by rapidweather · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Both Windows and Mac OS come preinstalled on computers. They want a computer, go buy one, and that's what is on it.

    Now, everything works, also.
    Turn the machine on, and it boots up to a desktop.
    With Linux, it is installed on Windows machines, and there are issues with the modem and soundcard.
    Changes and additions to the hardware have to be made on the box. Then you are good to go.

    The virus and trojan problems with Windows keep the average user busy with Virus Scanner and Firewall programs, so much so, it is a big distraction.
    But, if that is ignored, then we have another zombie.
    So much easier to run LiveCD Linux, or have someone install SuSE on the hard drive.

    I had a case this week of an XP box that booted, but the installation was so corrupted that the machine ran the CPU almost wide open. Couldn't kill that runaway process in XP. Until I could reinstall, the user ran my LiveCD linux cdrom, and
    was able to check AOL email, do online banking, and work with Half.com, in addition to casual web surfing with Firefox.
    Needed XP fixed, so Turbotax and Quicken would work, as well as AOL.
    The Windows folks are working hard on the next version of their OS, and it will be scalable, so it will run on a lot of currently available hardware, or so I am told.
    Windows will be around for a good long while, and the Linux guys will have to keep on improving their OS's. We are at it every day. (See my work in my signature)

    --
    Rapidweather's Linux Screenshots.