View Full Version : What version of linux?
Bmxpunk86pl
11-26-01, 03:21 PM
yea i want to learn more about this linux OS and i was wondering if you guys would tell me which version i should get. Should i get mandrake? or suse? or redhat? or what? which one is the easiest and the closest to windows and something that plays games. and that is FAST I dont really care about the minimum memeory cuz as you can see in my sig i got 512megs which should be enough.
Mandrake is probably the best mainstream newbie version.
They've even got a Mandrake Gaming Edition that comes with The Sims, and is supposed to be pretty decent at playing other Winows games.
Bmxpunk86pl
11-26-01, 05:20 PM
is there a place that i can download linux from? for free? i heard of on but i forgot the name.
www.linuxiso.org is one place.
If you go to the distro-maker's website, they should have a free iso someplace.
Like at www.mandrake-linux.com
As usual, I would say that if you are new to linux, go out and buy a boxed set. Manuals, CDs and support. A lot better for people new to linux. I would say go to www.suse.co.uk or www.suse.com and get a copy of SuSe Linux 7.3. I have it and I wouldn't use anything else. (except perhaps Mandrake or Red Hat).
Hope this helps.
suse is easy and close to windows; i just swiched to it from windoof, it's standard/focussed is kde (not gnome). the manuals are maybee TOO much i not need them really, before i use help-system everything there &faster to find.
klosters64a
11-29-01, 05:53 PM
I've only tried four distro's. Red Hat, Mandrake(a very close relative of Red Hat, yet easier to install), Caldera Open Linux and SuSE. I love SuSE, but not the others. SuSE is what Linux is supposed to be. I read that SuSE 7.2 was twitchy to install for some people. Can't say if that's true, 'cause I don't buy every release of SuSE. SuSE 6.1, 6.2 and 7.0 have all been excellent for me. After the Yuletide, I'll buy SuSE 7.3. The 2.4.x kernel-by default. Yaay!
I was kind of disappointed with Suse. It didn't seem to work as well with Gnome, which I prefer, as Mandrake did. And the manuals seemed over-simplified, and didn't go in-depth at all.
pvanosta
11-30-01, 02:43 PM
There is a new kid on the block, boys and girls
Go to www.redmondlinux.org and check the ISO folder in the download section.
You will find a full 4-cd FREE distro, with all the apps you will ever need AND even an auto-update feature, style Microsoft.
Even the desktop and the GUI feel like Windows...
I'm not saying this is necessarily a good thing, but it does make the newbie transition painless....
looks cool, maybe i can install it beside my suse for evaluation?..:rolleyes:
it just has to do the job, also think how this is done not important.
is multiply linux distros a problem if you have the harddrive space I would like to try all four that you guys mentioned.
Originally posted by sfa ok
I was kind of disappointed with Suse. It didn't seem to work as well with Gnome, which I prefer, as Mandrake did. And the manuals seemed over-simplified, and didn't go in-depth at all.
The simplified manuals were a godsend when I was new to linux. Now I just learn by my (many) mistakes.
PhoenixMDM
12-07-01, 05:51 PM
Originally posted by XWRed1
Mandrake is probably the best mainstream newbie version.
They've even got a Mandrake Gaming Edition that comes with The Sims, and is supposed to be pretty decent at playing other Winows games.
HORAY! Is this one downloadable too? I'm using RedHat7.2 right now, and WINE dosn't work very well (read: at all!), so i'm not a COMPLETE newb. Would most games be playable on a, say, 750?
Bmxpunk86pl
12-07-01, 05:57 PM
ok i decided to buy mandrake standard edition 8.1
drunkmonkey
12-07-01, 09:09 PM
RED HAT all the way,
I taught myself to use it(it's not that hard)
RED HAT is much more reliable, faster, and has just as many games as Mandrake.
Goto www.redhat.com(I think), and you can download it 4 free
HORAY! Is this one downloadable too? I'm using RedHat7.2 right now, and WINE dosn't work very well (read: at all!), so i'm not a COMPLETE newb. Would most games be playable on a, say, 750?
Most of the time, Wine presents very little slowdown over native Windows performance, unless a given app or game is very broken.
I'd stick to GL games just the same.
I can't get ANY games to work with wine. I just dual boot - its easier.
correction: ANY apps
(apart from F@H - it almost works)
I just dual boot - its easier.
Bah. Dualbooting is for weaklings -- and Wine wasn't that hard to set up. Just ran their installer script, gave most of the questions the default answer, and that was it.
Course, the only game I use it for is Halflife.
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