there are different vendors of linux. but whom to choose.
By 1anurag1
@1anurag1 (3576)
India
March 19, 2010 3:19pm CST
if not windows then linux but which one. there are number of vendors. red hat, suse, ubuntu, and many more.but how and why a version should be choose. what the things must be kept in the mind, when there are number of free versions are available what to select what not to.
share your knowledge and experience.
5 responses
@tonyllenium (6252)
• Italy
20 Mar 10
ok!!So as regards different distributions of linux normally you can consider them from an usage point of view or taste or others it depends...so normally we can say that if your main purpose is to have a linux os for private use and so multimedia,Im,mails,office suite,videos,music,internet,games etc...i think that ubuntu should be suitable for you firstly or also mandriva,fedora,zenwalk,gentoo, and so on...
If your major purpose is business or enterprise editions so i think that redhat,opensuse,for example are better for you or if you are a programmer and want an os more unix-like without many softwares pre-compiled you can see slackware etc..!!
If you want a really good user interface,that can't be so distant from big graphic interface as windows..so you will choose the gnome version,if you like more a unix-like UI so you can choose the kde/Xfce version for example the main difference between ubuntu and Kubuntu(kde interface) Xubuntu(xfce interface) for example!!it is natural that if you like more the writing mode for an os every linux based os have also a writing mode as interface to interact on your pc so you choose...
You can start from few informations and think which one better and try it...the good thing is that you don't like it? beh you can choose when/what you want is free!!
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@Ramsesxlll (1431)
• Finland
19 Mar 10
I downloaded it for free on their own website. Where did you download from?
You won't find out by any other means than trying out :D
@topffer (42156)
• France
19 Mar 10
The three most popular distros at distrowatch.com today are Ubuntu (based on Debian), Fedora (based on Red Hat) and Mint (based on Ubuntu). They are free and you can try them before install: download an iso of a live cd.
If you are switching from Windows, the easier distributions are Mint and Ubuntu. Mint has a lot of codecs, plugins and proprietary drivers in the live cd not present in the Ubuntu live cd, so you will quickly feel comfortable with it.
If you want to test a small and powerful Linux bootable from a flash drive you can download a live cd iso of DPup : it's a new derivative of Puppy Linux using directly packages for Puppy, Debian and Ubuntu (Puppy is #9 at Distrowatch).
@Ramsesxlll (1431)
• Finland
19 Mar 10
Ubuntu is a free Linux OS, isn't it? So I suggest you get that one. It's really nice to have to just buy the hardware, and no the OS at all. I haven't used it myself, but it looks nice. However most applications, games won't work on it... Such as World of Warcraft...
