Open Source

azzu · 25-10-2007, 11:47 AM

Help me choose 1 of the following Disrto
1: MANDRIVA 2007
2: MINT
3: UBUNTU 7.04
4:FEDORA 7 (i dont want this coz my Windows drives r not showing here)
fast

i only hav these distro's now.

my main use will be Browsin NET watchin DVD's,song's etc..
and i hav Dail up conn
and my windows drives shud be also accesible
and yes EYE candy BERYL Compiz

QwertyManiac · 25-10-2007, 11:51 AM

Mint

mediator · 25-10-2007, 11:53 AM

In fedora u have to mount the windows drives manually!

The_Devil_Himself · 25-10-2007, 11:54 AM

Mint is actually based on ubuntu.
Go for Mint.....But mandriva is good too.

azzu · 25-10-2007, 12:10 PM

i also want Eye candy

Gigacore · 25-10-2007, 12:12 PM

Mint

where is Ubuntu GG in the list?

azzu · 25-10-2007, 12:16 PM

I dont av UB GG

do MINT hav COMPIZ , BERYL ??

Gigacore · 25-10-2007, 12:18 PM

ok. . . .

Mint is fine. . it has beryl.

azzu · 25-10-2007, 12:25 PM

which packages can we install on MANRIVA .deb or rpm ??

Kiran.dks · 25-10-2007, 12:31 PM

Beryl & Compiz have merged. Then why is it that MINT is shipping both separately? It adds confusion to new comers.

azzu · 25-10-2007, 12:38 PM

so shud i go for Mint ??

QwertyManiac · 25-10-2007, 12:39 PM

Yes go for it, would perhaps be easy for you. But its no use if you don't put in an effort to get adjusted.

azzu · 25-10-2007, 12:43 PM

^^^ yup
but QWERTy sir iam very very new to all these thing's
didnt even know wat is a KONSOLE
so how wud i know the some thing soft converting the packages
ok leave it
so guys ....
i also dont want to download anything (xcept messennger etc..)
it shud be able to plat DVD's music etc..
i thught Mandriva got all thoose

Gigacore · 25-10-2007, 12:48 PM

then i would suggest you to go for UBUNTU. you can learn new things easily in Ubuntu

QwertyManiac · 25-10-2007, 12:50 PM

Mint has codecs I heard. Which is why I suggested you that (Not the light version). But if its Mandriva you wanna go with, all the same. It all boils down on getting used to something new. And yes, Messengers come bundled along.

azzu · 25-10-2007, 12:53 PM

iam presently on Ubuntu but it doesnt hav the all necessary codecs
and i hav Dailup

yup my main Reason is i shud not dowload anything
it shud contain al necessary softs codecs etc
which packages can we install on MANRIVA .deb or rpm ??

Gigacore · 25-10-2007, 12:56 PM

Then go for MINT

. . . its like using Ubuntu with all codecs inbuilt. it has Ubuntu human theme too

Asfaq · 25-10-2007, 01:01 PM

Use mint. Since you are on dialup, this is the most suited OS, it'll also automatically mount and read/write ur NTFS partitions!

azzu · 25-10-2007, 01:07 PM

and DVD's can i watch them and MPEG's etc...??
r we getting VIXTA n nxt months DIGIT ?

Kiran.dks · 25-10-2007, 01:15 PM

Since you are new to linux, I suggest to go for Ubuntu. Ubuntu has large community and forums through which you can get solutions to problems easily. Mint doesn't have such a big community.

azzu · 25-10-2007, 01:21 PM

^^ but its all based on UBUNTU isnt it ?

avikchaks · 25-10-2007, 01:21 PM

Im also a linux newbie , can anyone tell me is it better to go for Ubuntu GG 64or 86 , I use a AMD 64 4400+ , does Ubuntu64 offer any performance advantages to those on 64 bit hardware .

Also is it advisable to download the DVD or the CD ,
I wanna use it as a multimedia box.

infra_red_dude · 25-10-2007, 01:22 PM

Don't confuse the poor guy. Go for mint now. After you are comfortable with Linux jump into Ubuntu.

If you got a fairly powerful system then install Mandriva in virtual machine to get a feel of it.

azzu · 25-10-2007, 01:22 PM

^^ DVD
i think

QwertyManiac · 25-10-2007, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by avikchaks

Im also a linux newbie , can anyone tell me is it better to go for Ubuntu GG 64or 86 , I use a AMD 64 4400+ , does Ubuntu64 offer any performance advantages to those on 64 bit hardware .

Also is it advisable to download the DVD or the CD ,
I wanna use it as a multimedia box.

64 bit is pretty good now but still needs a little hacking at times to get things right and working, its better if you start with a 32 bit edition. Performance difference is VERY meagre. (There's a review of Ubuntu 32 vs Ubuntu 64 at TechTree.Com which shows this clearly)

Assuming you got a net connection, download the CD and install the ubuntu-restricted-extras and you're done making it a multimedia box.

gary4gar · 25-10-2007, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by avikchaks

Im also a linux newbie , can anyone tell me is it better to go for Ubuntu GG 64or 86 , I use a AMD 64 4400+ , does Ubuntu64 offer any performance advantages to those on 64 bit hardware .

Also is it advisable to download the DVD or the CD ,
I wanna use it as a multimedia box.

Well if you are a first time linux user then go for 32bit only, yes 64bit has performance gains but its needs a lot of configration or hacking.

so its better stick to 32bit version only, afterwards you get 64bit one too

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiran_tech_mania

Since you are new to linux, I suggest to go for Ubuntu. Ubuntu has large community and forums through which you can get solutions to problems easily. Mint doesn't have such a big community.

its one and same thing,
MINT = UBUNTU + SOME TWEAKS(in winodws lingo

)

avikchaks · 25-10-2007, 02:24 PM

Thanx Qwerty and Gary

Btw is UbuntuGG likely to give any problems with 1440 x 900 resolution ?

i installed linux mint and i tried modifying the config file , and my OS would give error on boot up and i came back to windows .\

EDIT : I read in the ubuntu forum that ATI onboard grfx generally crash with ubuntu ? Is there any truth in it ? I use Asus M2a-Vm MOBO with ATI x1250 grfx.