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http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?showtopic=14949
It really depends on how easy you want the distro to be. Read the link above it should help you choose which distro you want.
It really depends on how easy you want the distro to be. Read the link above it should help you choose which distro you want.
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I ended up installing Suse 10.0. I also ordered Ubuntu and the CDs will be here in a week. It was a bit of a pain getting my wireless adapter to work, but ndiswrapper fixed that. Hopefully I will get more comfortable with linux and possibly switch over for daily stuff.
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I have found Ubuntu to be an all around good desktop O.S. It installed easy, recognized my hardware with no problems and has been pretty much trouble free.
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{ A man once said- If you play a Window$ cd backwards you can hear satan. Even worse if you play it forwards it installs Window$}
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{ A man once said- If you play a Window$ cd backwards you can hear satan. Even worse if you play it forwards it installs Window$}
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Ubuntu (well, Kubuntu and Xubuntu, I like xfce on notebooks) and Kanotix (outstanding live CD) for me.
Still running the 32 bit version on my 3200+ while waiting for the 64 bit version to mature. Chekc out the Kanotix resources like kanos Script Page (even you use Ubuntu) for useful install scripts.
linuxquestions.org and arstechnica.com are great places to ask questions.
"I have paid and paid and paid for so-called un-operating systems for far tooooo many years."
I still find Windows useful, but do most of my work and surfing on Linux.
No spyware, no viruses, no fragmentation, no Winrot, and easier to install than Windows. Easier to recover (live CDs even recover Windows files), no license or activation hassles, and developed (literally) by and for the people.
Still running the 32 bit version on my 3200+ while waiting for the 64 bit version to mature. Chekc out the Kanotix resources like kanos Script Page (even you use Ubuntu) for useful install scripts.
linuxquestions.org and arstechnica.com are great places to ask questions.
"I have paid and paid and paid for so-called un-operating systems for far tooooo many years."
I still find Windows useful, but do most of my work and surfing on Linux.
No spyware, no viruses, no fragmentation, no Winrot, and easier to install than Windows. Easier to recover (live CDs even recover Windows files), no license or activation hassles, and developed (literally) by and for the people.
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I have always been happy with SuSE. And it usually upgrades very well from release to release. Haven't tried their x64 stuff yet, though.
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I havw never tried anything other than Redhat and Fedora. As far as i can tell, if you want to try them, you should have a handy windows box ready to go so you can still get around until you get familiar with linux. Have not tried Ubuntu. I personally dont like the linux distros just because none of my programs like ArcGIS work on it. Office is still the best software in my opinion. OpenOffice is very sluggish...
I tried for months to a year to like linux and try to be its friend....it's not happening. However, that is the exclusive software we use at work so i guess i do use it, but i have IT to help.
I tried for months to a year to like linux and try to be its friend....it's not happening. However, that is the exclusive software we use at work so i guess i do use it, but i have IT to help.
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Almost all distros now have an X86_64 release. Mandrive, Fedora, Slackware, and a few others do i know for a fact. Mandriva or Fedora are going to be the easiest to install, SuSE is a decent package, but I refuse to pay for linux. SuSE's downloadable version is very restriced as to what you can do with it.
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Another solution for running windows apps under linux is Crossover Office that'll get most things working. Then again, there is always the KVM trick
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Originally Posted by pfogle
Almost all distros now have an X86_64 release. Mandrive, Fedora, Slackware, and a few others do i know for a fact. Mandriva or Fedora are going to be the easiest to install, SuSE is a decent package, but I refuse to pay for linux. SuSE's downloadable version is very restriced as to what you can do with it.