Anyone tried Linux?
By Dymo75
@Dymo75 (340)
New Zealand
September 2, 2011 3:04pm CST
I know most of you probably use Windows, but is there anyone out there who've used a Linux Distro? I was thinking of converting because my Vista was lagging so much, and even the flashiest Linux Distro seemed to have way less minimum requirements than Vista.
And if you do use Linux, which Distro would you reccomend?
Thank you!
5 responses
@petersum (4522)
• United States
2 Sep 11
Many of us use Linux here. Any Linux distribution is better than Windows. You have already chosen the worst possible version of Windows, so you can't get any worse.
I am using "Puppy Wary 5" to connect to and use the Internet.
For other work, I use various Slackware based distributions. As you can see, I keep the Internet well away from the Windows XP disk that I very occasionally use to play games with my daughter.
Linux cannot be effected by any virus, but you can accidentally transfer a virus to Windows. So on my computer, the hard disks are removable and Windows never sees the Internet.
@petersum (4522)
• United States
2 Sep 11
Nothing can be written to disk without the owner's permission, so a linux system should never be run as root (administrator in Windows). A virus cannot write itself, and reproduce, into other programs because it doesn't have the correct permissions.
Actually viruses do exist for Linux but they are harmless proof of concept studies by universities.
@surfer222 (1714)
• Indonesia
3 Sep 11
i use debian based distro. I'm not a computer expert so i choose a distro that comfortable for me. I think ubuntu is good for regular people.
There's no virus in linux because not many people use linux as their OS so not many people interested in developing a linux virus. Android OS is based on linux but because It's popular now people start to make android virus.
@surfer222 (1714)
• Indonesia
3 Sep 11
i use ubuntu which is debian based distro. what i like is the easy installation process and easy to search for program... i think fedora is also good but i didn't like switching distro too much. in the past i've tried slackware which is much much more difficult to install and search program for someone like me.
Why i decided to use debian based (other than easy to install and search program) is because they have a large community so i wouldn't worry that they suddenly stop developing the distro. In the past i've experienced where i install some distro and suddenly after few months the developers decided to stop developing the distro so i have to switch to other distro. I think Ubuntu have a strong community so i wouldn't worry that someday i have to switch to other distro.
@Dymo75 (340)
• New Zealand
3 Sep 11
What puts Debian apart from the rest of the distros? What is it like using it? Have you used Ubuntu before? You don't need to answer all of them.
I was thinking of going to Kubuntu because it looked cool, and some really big people seem to agree with me, like the French government and Weta Digital. What's your opinion on that?
@lovedude (4447)
• India
3 Sep 11
I haven't used live linux but yeah I have worked with Red Hat Servers. I recommend instead of using live cd. install virtual os on your system and then use it with full functionality it's more useful for learning purpose.. you can get information from internet using vista.. and you can implement in virtual screen of linux in it.. you can also use network of your vista in that.. generally vmware is used for visualization..
@Dymo75 (340)
• New Zealand
4 Sep 11
Actually, I've got portable box to do my visualizations with. Unfortunately, install takes too long, I never got to try it out, and I'm just wondering if I should obther installing it. I'm trying to visualize it on my faster Windows 7.
By the way, have you installed anything on VMware before? How long did it take you?
Thanks, and happy Father's day!
@trohichko (197)
• Bulgaria
5 Sep 11
I've made the Windows - Linux switch for almost 4 years till now. I can't say it's been a painless step but I'm keen and I tried different distributions and at last found the best distro for me and my laptop - openSuse Linux. Anyway maybe for one that starts using linux I'd recommend Ubuntu, Mandriva or Mint linux, but no matter which of them you choose try it as live CD in order to see if it gets on well with your hardware.
@toniobacasno (233)
• Philippines
3 Sep 11
I used to have Ubuntu 11.04. I'm not an expert on Linux, but I can say that Linux certainly has some pretty nifty security features that other proprietary OS could only dream about using minimal resources. I prefer Ubuntu because I can just install it on Windows via WUBI like a normal Windows applications and then dual-boot from there. If I want to remove Ubuntu, I can just uninstall it via Add/Remove Programs (or RevoUninstaller).
@Dymo75 (340)
• New Zealand
4 Sep 11
Hey, that sounds nifty! So I can just Add/Remove WUBI? That's awesome! Do you get any slowdown, because of WUBI? When using the original OS I mean. If this doesn't slow things down, it could actually be something cool and new!
But I've heard WUBI downloads ISO image directly. If I've already predownloaded an ISO, can i use that instead of downloading it? I'm running low on bandwidth.
