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#1 tonkku107

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Posted 22 June 2013 - 04:59 AM

Hello,
I have a few questions about linux:
Should I get it? (I will make it dual bootable)
What linux version is the best?
Is it good?

#2 Mads

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Posted 22 June 2013 - 06:00 AM

Yes, definately, get it! It's very good for programming, and for anything that doesn't have to do with "heavy" gaming.
You can't really say "get Linux", as Linux is a kernel. You can get a distribution, and I recommend Arch Linux. Perhaps it's a bit more advanced to set up than other things, but it will teach you alot!

#3 ETHANATOR360

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Posted 22 June 2013 - 08:55 AM

ubuntu is pretty awsome

#4 Mads

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Posted 22 June 2013 - 08:58 AM

View PostETHANATOR360, on 22 June 2013 - 08:55 AM, said:

ubuntu is pretty awsome
No it isn't. It is horribly slow, and has a bad window manager too(Unity).

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Posted 22 June 2013 - 09:12 AM

View PostMads, on 22 June 2013 - 08:58 AM, said:

View PostETHANATOR360, on 22 June 2013 - 08:55 AM, said:

ubuntu is pretty awsome
No it isn't. It is horribly slow, and has a bad window manager too(Unity).
Opinions. I happen to like Unity a lot, and I had no performance issues when I worked with it a while ago. I did in 12.10, but that was fixed mostly in 13.04. The LTS release would, more than likely, not have any problems however.

Though I would still recommend Linux Mint if anything. It's not the most barebones, lightweight OS, nor is it the most advanced, but has a really nice, customizable balance between the two. Debian is also a nice option.

As for a desktop environment, I'd go with Cinnamon if it's available, or XFCE.

#6 Mads

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Posted 22 June 2013 - 09:44 AM

Arch Linux is one of the most bare-bones one, if not the one. You have to do everything yourself.

#7 Kingdaro

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Posted 22 June 2013 - 10:05 AM

I've heard Gentoo is even more barebones, if you really want to go that route.

#8 tonkku107

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Posted 22 June 2013 - 10:21 AM

So what linux? ubuntu?

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Posted 22 June 2013 - 10:36 AM

View Posttonkku107, on 22 June 2013 - 10:21 AM, said:

So what linux? ubuntu?
Ubuntu is nice as a starting linux distribution

#10 M4sh3dP0t4t03

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Posted 22 June 2013 - 11:22 AM

Ubuntu is good to get started with Linux.

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Posted 22 June 2013 - 11:24 AM

View Posttonkku107, on 22 June 2013 - 04:59 AM, said:

Hello,
I have a few questions about linux:
Should I get it? (I will make it dual bootable)
What linux version is the best?
Is it good?
I'm in love with Ubuntu because it is faster in terms of usage then Windows, and Mac. This especially gets noticeable with lower spec systems. I use it to general web browsing, and for web development.

#12 tonkku107

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Posted 23 June 2013 - 12:38 AM

So ubuntu is the best. Thanks

#13 Imque

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Posted 23 June 2013 - 03:05 AM

I would recommend Ubuntu. Despite 'performance' issues Ubuntu is a good way in which to start the change to Linux. I would recommend 'cross' (dual bootable) installing it with Windows/Mac. (personal choice) For mac I think you can use bootcamp for having multiple OS' and for windows I am not quite sure. When I used Linux I installed it to one of my personal hard drives. (a little complicated) I haven't had a heap of experience with Linux. (a little bit of BackTrack5) This is just my two cents and I hope it helps influences your choice.

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#14 tonkku107

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Posted 23 June 2013 - 10:10 AM

View PostImque, on 23 June 2013 - 03:05 AM, said:

I would recommend Ubuntu. Despite 'performance' issues Ubuntu is a good way in which to start the change to Linux. I would recommend 'cross' (dual bootable) installing it with Windows/Mac. (personal choice) For mac I think you can use bootcamp for having multiple OS' and for windows I am not quite sure. When I used Linux I installed it to one of my personal hard drives. (a little complicated) I haven't had a heap of experience with Linux. (a little bit of BackTrack5) This is just my two cents and I hope it helps influences your choice.

- Imque


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I will install it on my D:\ drive. and then dual boot with the boot menu button at startup. I have watched some tutorials on dual booting

#15 thepowdertoy

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Posted 23 June 2013 - 06:19 PM

Well I used to dual boot Ubuntu with LXDE windows manager and it feels so good, until I have to uninstall the Linux partition :( because it consumes my dedicated Steam drive and GParted refuses to run in my computer because of some random floppy disk that cannot be disabled yet in the BIOS
But I love GParted better than disk management! I have used it once in TF2 Linux Virtualbox to get that penguin and it feels much more fun and easier to use that

#16 tonkku107

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Posted 25 June 2013 - 01:40 AM

Is wubi good and the easiest way to install?

#17 Zudo

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Posted 25 June 2013 - 01:50 AM

Linux Mint 15 is based on Ubuntu, and it's nicer (No crappy window managers).
Wubi is good, and you can uninstall using itself without going through what I had to do involving MBR restoration :)
EDIT: All versions of Linux Mint are based on Ubuntu

Edited by ZudoHackz, 25 June 2013 - 01:52 AM.


#18 tonkku107

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Posted 25 June 2013 - 03:15 AM

View PostZudoHackz, on 25 June 2013 - 01:50 AM, said:

Linux Mint 15 is based on Ubuntu, and it's nicer (No crappy window managers).
Wubi is good, and you can uninstall using itself without going through what I had to do involving MBR restoration :)
EDIT: All versions of Linux Mint are based on Ubuntu
I think i will take and/or test ubuntu because so many recommended it. How bad would one window manager be?

#19 tonkku107

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Posted 25 June 2013 - 03:18 AM

12.04 or 13.04?

#20 M4sh3dP0t4t03

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Posted 25 June 2013 - 03:31 AM

View Posttonkku107, on 25 June 2013 - 03:18 AM, said:

12.04 or 13.04?
12.04 LTS is more stable while 13.04 is newer.





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