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yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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almost every thing is free, there many distro like ubuntu,
redhat(
fedora), suse...... u can choose any of these....
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regards,
|Prashanth|
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There's no straight answer to your question - it depends on
what you
want to do on you computer - listening to music, watching
DVD, making
music, editing movies, only easy use as internet surfing +
using
email, graphics editing, and so on.....
BUT; here's my general recommendation for a "new"
linux user:
* PCLinuxOS
=> In my opinion one of the BEST
"starter-distros". It detects
your computers hardware very well. Has a butilt-in
"Control Center"
software for setting up/changing your computers system setup
(I'm NOT
talking about the "KDE-Control center" !!). Comes
with
multimedia-codecs already installed (for mp3, wma, and so
on...). It
also contains OpenOffice for text/spreadsheet, an
easy-to-use software
installer/manager (Synaptic), and several other useful
programs.
First time startup on the computer is as a LiveCD. But when
it's
finished starting up - you have an option to INSTALL it on
your
harddisk permanently.
It's originally based on the Mandriva distro...
* Freespire
=> Also a very good "starter-distro" with
good hardware detection.
Also includes multimedia-codecs, "Control Center"
software for editing
system setup. It has a good "software/package"
installation system -
but you have to register first as a user (on their website)
before you
can download anything. Downloading is a bit slow on that
system, but
it's usually not a big problem.
It's based on Debian.
* Mepis
=> Also a good starting point, with multimedia codecs
already
installed. Many similarities with Freespire and PCLinuxOS.
Comes's as
a LiveCD - with option to install on your harddisk (after
startup into
KDE desktop).
Based also on Debian (I think).
Those 3 are the ones I would recommend for a new linux-user
- who
don't want to spend alot of time first learning how to get
it
installed, functioning correctly with
internet/sound/graphics-card and
ready setup with mp3-/wma- support.
Other than these; check out Ubuntu, OpenSuse, Fedora 6 and
Mandriva
2007 (the free-download version).
Regards
Ingar
--- In linux-redhat-fedora@yahoogroups.com,
"Jonathan"
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