Which linux

[Rajesh345]

hello all , can any 1 suggest which linux is best 4 me ?


1)Currenly using Win XP
2)i am not good with command line
3)Ease of use (like win Xp -even a starter in comp will know how 2 use win Xp,2k,vista)
4) Normal pc user Surf , office files, little movie )
5)

thank u

[NucleusKore]

This question has been asked a dozen times. This is why we have a Sticky thread called FAQ in the open source section, and the very first post in that thread answers your question

[Rajesh345]

sry did chk FAQ, thank u

[Prabhagharan]

I suggest UBUNTU for you .

When i started to use linux me too were in same situation.
But now i am not all using windows in my home PC

Also ubuntu live CD will be shipped to your house freely when you register it @ http://shipit.ubuntu.com

So to try linux try ubuntu

[saqib_khan]

Go for Ubuntu

[Phantom Lancer]

Ubuntu without doubt ....... Its the easiest use

[Dark Star]

Screw Ubuntu , Mandriva and Mint...

Give Sabayon 4.1 a try. It beats the pant of all in terms of drivers compatibilty... None of the distro play HD Movies as smooth as Sabayon did .....

You get everything out of the box...

Get the Sabayon 4.1 Gnome !

[paroh]

suse 11.1

[Rahim]

@Dark_Star: I tried Sabayon4 reading your article in LFY but it fails to start X-Server. I even tried the text install but still it failed. Mine is an onborad Intel chipset.

[Phantom Lancer]

The question is not "which is the best Linux distro"
its which Linux distro should i start with

A newbie to linux is more concerned with learning about his new Linux distro than its media playing capabilities

In this field Ubuntu rules ......its the simplest distro to install/use and maintain for a new user (especially one who is a windows user)

No doubt helped by the fact that its got "The most active forum" for itself among Linux distros

@Rajesh
Good time to try Ubuntu ..... a new version Ubuntu 9.10 a.k.a Jaunty Jackalope was just released

[Faun]

Originally Posted by Phantom Lancer

@Rajesh
Good time to try Ubuntu ..... a new version Ubuntu 9.10 a.k.a Jaunty Jackalope was just released

9.04

[talktorishav]

10 years of computer experience of which last few years are using Linux, Vista which I rarely use, find PITA.

[Dark Star]

Originally Posted by a_rahim

@Dark_Star: I tried Sabayon4 reading your article in LFY but it fails to start X-Server. I even tried the text install but still it failed. Mine is an onborad Intel chipset.

That was version version 4.0 OH and this is 4.1

[drsubhadip]

I think u should use linúx MINT 6
install it inside yr WindowsXP
then learn a little bit of everything
after that u can try many such as
ubuntu
kubuntu
mandriva
open suse
fedora
sabayon
pc linux
and for stable desktop rock solid debiän 5

sabayon 4.1 is really nice .. i am using it !! but it takes a lot of googling to get things sorted and installed

[Rahim]

Originally Posted by Dark Star

That was version version 4.0 OH and this is 4.1

arey bhai kitni bandwidth waste karoonga I am happy with rock-solid Debian 5 with KDE 4.2.1 and Plasma hasnt crashed even once in 40 days. Talk about stability.

[yippee]

i will suggest fedora
my first linux experience was on fedora and i still use fedora

[comp@ddict]

uBuntu 9.04

[FilledVoid]

Well generally you want to pick out distros like Ubuntu , Mandriva, OpenSuse , Mint , Sabayon because of their ease to use. However sometimes these distros might backfire because of certain hardware issues. MY opinion is first of all just post your system configuration and see if there are odd components and then just choose a distro that someone has setup before with a similiar configuration.

[drsubhadip]

debian 5 is very good ...
try if u know some thing of linux....

[Cool G5]

Originally Posted by drsubhadip

debian 5 is very good ...
try if u know some thing of linux....

The operator clearly mentioned in his first post, that he is a begineer & needs some easy to use distro.

[Dark Star]

Originally Posted by bashphoenux

sabayon 4.1 is really nice .. i am using it !! but it takes a lot of googling to get things sorted and installed

I didn't face any problem.. and Sabayon is just another Linux .. If you know how to sort things in one distro then Sabayon is no problem haan if you don't it will trouble you

None the less.. Its pretty stable except the system log out when I try to play movie in full screen with composite enable

[abhijangda]

if u are just new to linux i mean you haven't used linux yet and will start to use it now then go for Linux Mint. Otherwise if u want some more fun then fedora 10

[Phantom Lancer]

Originally Posted by ichi

9.04

sorry 9.10 is the unreleased karmic koala
scheduled to be released during the 10th month

//offtopic

So were u the one responsible for the outbreak of swine flu ?
Hint: ur avatar pic