which operating system?

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I've been pretty bored with microsoft for awhile. And since I have to use MS operating systems at work all the time, it makes it even more boring. I've decided to learn something new. And from what I've read, I'd like to learn about linux. So... My question is, which flavor do any of you reccomend I start with. I'm trying out redhat right now. The only thing I've gotten stuck on so far was that I couldn't get rid of the boot loader(grub) that I installed. I figured it out, though. Anyway have a bunch of thick books for SuSe, Slackware, and RedHat 7.2 and I'd like to know the best place I could start. Also, which gui would any of you reccomend (kde, gnome, any others).


thanks in advance.

-blitzkrieg

/me crys that anotherone doesn't search the forums before starting a thread.

Redhat/Suse for newbies
Debian for experiend
Slack for expert..
Others are a waste of time

GUI is bassed on personal preferance.

Nuff Said

Mandrake 8.1 is decent. As for windows managers, start off with KDE, but download/install one called xfce. It's very lightweight and isn't bloated at all.

Umm... yeah.... I suggest you try either RedHat (7.2 or 7.3) or Mandrake (7.2 or 8.2).
As for the GUI, I like KDE more than Gnome becuase it's easier to use.

To get rid of Grub, you must overwrite the MBR(Master Boot Record), cuz Grub is the program that loads the operating systems u have installed.
But why do u want to take it off?
CUz u could either install lilo, or another loader, but anyway u must overwrite the MBR.

I'm in agreement with Souleman here. RH and SuSe for newbies and learning. For a gui, KDE is easy, xfce is clean as is enlightenment. I'm more a fan of enlightenment myself. You want to check out what some of the desktops can look like, check out themes.org

Regards

/me does the openBSD dance around the forum...

i would suggest u red hat especially with those fat books ( unleashed or bible) ,these will help easy switchover to linux

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ROFLMAO

Mandrake is definitely good for starters. Lots of GUIs to help transistion from M$.

As for window managers, I go barebones -- blackbox. No sense wasting RAM on flashy menus.

When you get comfortable...abandon the 'drake and go slack.

Mandrake has done well at making theirs the Windblows of the Linux community. Don't get me wrong, it's great for someone that does not want to know anything about their system. However, It would seem to me that we are interested in knowing something about the OS that is in use, otherwise there would be no need to purchase those heafty books that aim to teach.

For those with no inclination to know what is really going on : Mandrake
For those that are up to a challenge and would really like to lear : RH or SuSE
For those that think you know, Slackware or even one of the BSD's at this point might be well advised.

Mandrake is definitely the easiest to use. Then Redhat. Then Debian, then Slack. That should be a light summary. :)

If anyone reading this is wonder how to get rid a the boot loader all you do is type fdisk /mbr in dos.

Go with mandrake its a great newbie distro.

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Originally posted here by chefer
Mandrake has done well at making theirs the Windblows of the Linux community. Don't get me wrong, it's great for someone that does not want to know anything about their system. However, It would seem to me that we are interested in knowing something about the OS that is in use, otherwise there would be no need to purchase those heafty books that aim to teach.

For those with no inclination to know what is really going on : Mandrake
For those that are up to a challenge and would really like to lear : RH or SuSE
For those that think you know, Slackware or even one of the BSD's at this point might be well advised.

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I'm not sure I understand. What exactly is it about Mandrake that renders one so incapable of understanding the inner workings of the *nix system? I assume you have used Mandrake?

-DÆmon~X

Just because it's retard-mode by default, doesn't mean you can't change it. That's the beauty of linux. I've already removed the GUI on bootup cause it just didn't feel right.

redhat for a new user is super friendly instalation wise and interface wise with the gnome environment, but still a struggle for a newbie coming off windows somewhat, good thing is there is so much info out there you should have plenty of resources to answer almost any question or hurdle you come across.