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SpacemanSpiff:
I'm not a very big fan of Red Hat.
Depending on what you want, I suggest the following:
SuSE - extremely easy to install and detects pretty much all hardware. Great to start with, I guess. If you know unix based OSes already, you might be annoyed by all the GUIs and the custom init scripts and Yast messing with the config files. If you don't want to mess with config files by hand, this is not an issue for you. Go get it.
Ubuntu - beats SuSE when it comes to package management, but it's harder to install. Personally, I hate apt-get with a passion, but that's because I hate every single package management out there.
Personally, I use Slackware, but I guess that's not a good option for starters.
Lug:
--- Quote from: Addius ---My suggestion.. review if your hardware is supported by the used kernel as a module before you make the switch. If the support is either not there or in a "bleeding edge" status, forgett about it. It will only be troubles for you, no matter which dist you choose.
Distros that are easy to install since they autofind hardware is Fedora, SuSE (I believe myself to remember that it did?), Mandriva and Ubuntu. The two later are a real pain if your hardware isn't detected automaticly though.
--- End quote ---
Yeah Bleeding Edge Gentoo on a new rig sucks major balls. I'm not man enough to compile all my shit or be responsible for what everything is doing. I'm presently running Ubuntu and it solved almost all of my problems.
catflea:
Looks like I should be looking at SuSE then really!
Addius:
Quite so I'd recon.. Remember to make good use of the internet, especially IRC. There's loads of helpsome people out there, they only want some respect and politeness in return.
linkage to #SuSE @ Freenode's website
nickb285:
Also, someone mentioned live-booting, I know SuSE live-boot disks are available as well--I've got an older version (9.1) that I live-boot from time to time, and it works perfectly. Takes a while to load, but once you've got it you can play with it to see if you like it.
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