[AuckLUG] Installing Linux

[Ravi Chemudugunta]

I've gone through many distros (slackware, redhat, fedora, and ubuntu and
countless number of minimalistic distros for embedded development) ... I
have found that it comes down to a similar debate to which console (crappy
analogy) you buy ... like ... the xbox 360 vs playstation 3 ... even if ps3
is better no one cares in the end ... its how many games it has and how easy
it is to play and setup the way its meant to be played.

I have found the same analogy helpful when explaining how to choose a
distribution, if you want the most 'games' (applications) that just work on
your distro I would definitely go for ubuntu, currently I am using feisty
fawn for sound production as well as a general computer, I didn't have to
compile a single application or perform tedious command line stuff just to
get something working ... I have found that its not very much fun stuffing
around with compiling stuff, resolving dependancies, editing config files
etc... as you would if you picked slackware or redhat, people don't make
packages very often for those distros (same story with mandriva and suse) !

if you want the most out of your box, I would go for ubuntu or debian.
ubuntu has a very large repository from which you can choose applications
from, even the more esoteric ones like the ones I use for music production.
there is also a large user base for ubuntu that post thousands of howtos
like (beryl on feisty fawn) on ubuntuforums.

(my current hardware setup is creative sb live, nvidia 6600 LE gpu, amd
duron ... everything installed perfectly without any trouble)

On 4/25/07, Denise Bates <dbates at iconz.co.nz> wrote:
>
> Richard Innes wrote:
> > Folks: I am new to this list but not completely new to Linux.
> >
> > I hope to get a new box soon and wondered if Linux it has matured enough
> > for me to retain WindowsXP on my old box and put a Linux desktop in my
> > new box. (Some years back when I had two boxes I experimented with Linux
> > on my older box.)
>
> Why not try Slackware? There is no inflexible and resource-hungry GUI
> standing between you and a successful installation. I haven't
> experienced any of the problems that you have experienced. On most
> standard equipment, the installation will be very straightforward, if
> you read each screen carefully as you proceed. In the case of more
> difficult setups, just about everything is configurable via text-files.
>
> An excellent manual is available, too:
> http://slackbook.org
>
> The current slackware version is 11.0, but the next version isn't too
> far away.
>
> regards,
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