Comments on: Which Linux distro is right for you?

By: Raseel

Raseel — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:13:30 +0000

John, it’s exactly for people like you that I am starting my venture : The OpenSourceDeal (The site is under construction but you can still order from http://www.opensourcedeal.com).
I want every Indian be able to get his hands on any and as many Distro as he wants so that he/she can try it and move on to another Distro without having to fear its cost or , more importantly, its availability

By: John

John — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:27:30 +0000

hi there, I hate Microsoft.. I paid a fortune for XP Professional only to have it crash twice and destroy all my data.. then when I attempt to re-install from the original CD have it refuse to work because my CD did not contain service pack 2. I heard about Linux and thought it might be the answer to all my prayers?? However after reading the above I realise that it is only for techies and computer nerds.. I am totally confused what on earth is a “Distro”???? How many different versions are there? What is the difference.. Where is software available?… All very confusing.. I now have Vista and the first thing Microsoft did when I registered it was to send millions of updates???..because it was sold totally full of bugs and problems!!.. How can they get away with selling something totally unsuitable for the purpose it was purchased??.. I wish there was an alternative but it seems Linux has a long way to go before a non nerd like myself can use it!

John :O(

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By: Piratu'

Piratu' — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:39:43 +0000

for newbie user: openSUSE
for user wat to go deep: openSUSE

with the new package manager in openSUSE 11 you can really forget apt (and the distro’s using it: ubuntu, debian, etc.) even if it’s based on rpm (don’t confuse the package manager - apt - with the package type - dpkg). the new Yast is the most powerfull package manager on the market!

openSUSE has a really strong community and is by far the best!

once you’re trying openSUSE you’ll ask yourself a question: WHY I DIDN’T TRYIED EARLIER???

By: Praval Singh

Praval Singh — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:59:20 +0000

@Shashwat You’ve again got me wrong! There’s nothing wrong with RPM at all, but you can’t compare rpm and deb, they have different builds and have their own pros and cons. I’ve tried opensuse 10.3, its good at KDE, I feel. But with the kind of support ubuntu has based on the numerous communities and IRC channels is what makes it a better option for a newbie. However, that’s my own discretion! You’re thoughts might differ, for that matter.

By: Shashwat

Shashwat — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:20:15 +0000

@praval So whats wrong with rpm.. Lemme tell you apart from few minor glitches .rpm is way better than .deb .. Atleast rpm packages do not grumble about dependencies like deb packages does..

Also do test newer open SUSE and Mandriva and you will know rpm has advanced

Check my review of Mandriva 2008.1 Spring http://www.techenclave.com/reviews-and-previews/mandriva-2008-1-spring-edition-breath-111577.html

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By: Praval Singh

Praval Singh — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:24:14 +0000

@Shashwat: Hi, I’ve tried all of the distro’s you’ve mentioned. Ubuntu is by far one of the best supported and easy to use and install distro. Mandriva is also of the same breed but you must know that it’s a rpm based distro. So, you can not just compare them. Also, Linux mint is nothing but Ubuntu+ default Multimedia support. Having said that, I do not mean that Ubuntu is not powerful. Instead, its more user friendly!

@Manoj: With Ubuntu, always install windows first. Ubuntu shall automatically detect your windows installation and you’ll get the grub boot loader by default with no hassles!

@sathya: DreamLinux is also a newbie-distro. But I’m talking in terms of community support and repositories ubuntu has, its far better than the rest. After all we can’t expect all the people to compile from source instantly.

By: Sathya

Sathya — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:04:43 +0000

I’m going to have to agree with Shashwat.

Another neat distro is DreamLinux - slick looks, consumes less resources, and yes, totally multimedia enabled, in the sense that you won’t have to download codecs.