Favorite Desktop Distro for New Users - 2008

12-29-2007	#1 (permalink)
ozar Super Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 12,051	Favorite Desktop Distro for New Users - 2008 This poll/thread is meant to help those users that are new to Linux and having difficulty deciding which distribution(s) they should start with. Please use it to post information about your favorite beginner oriented distro, but don't post comments saying that any particular distro is the best, because the best truly is very subjective. Note that this thread will be locked and/or deleted at the end of the year and a new thread started. The poll from last year can be found here. __________________ oz New Members: * README * Last edited by ozar; 12-29-2007 at 04:01 AM..

12-29-2007	#2 (permalink)
flipjargendy Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Xanadu, Titan, Saturn Posts: 567	I used (K)Ubuntu for a year and a half... too many little bugs made me switch back to Debian. Debian based distros for me! I like pure Debian though. __________________ Running Linux Since 2001® Registered Linux User #430868 - Since 9•12•06 New to Linux? Read this!

12-29-2007	#3 (permalink)
MikeTbob Trusted Penguin Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Panther City, Tx Posts: 4,101	Ubuntu, because it has a very large user base and it's a fairly easy way to get your feet wet in the Linux world. __________________ I do not respond to private messages asking for help. Please keep it on the forums only.

12-29-2007	#4 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	Ubuntu. Kubuntu has Windows OS like Interface and new Linux users having Windows OS experience feel more comfortable with it. __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

12-29-2007	#5 (permalink)
linuxpcmancn Just Joined! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: China/Chongqing Posts: 0	Personally speaking,a easy and convenient way to manage soft package is very necessary for a linux newbie.

12-29-2007	#6 (permalink)
elija Linux Engineer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Either at home or at work or down the pub Posts: 1,094	I have always found the Ubuntu family really good for easy installation and use. I have tried Ubuntu and XUbuntu of that family and decided that I like XUbuntu. I also tried Mepis which was very good - for ease of use but had KDE which I didn't like that much after a while. Fedora is another distro that I tried. I didn't like it much so moved on. The magazine Linux Format has just run a special on a distro called PC Linux OS. It is supposed to be the rival to Ubuntu as a distro for beginners. From the screenshots, it looks like it will be pretty, but appears to be KDE based. __________________ "I complement you - your facility of understatement is exceeded only by your mastery of silence, but measuring this with the word 'shame' surpasses all your previous achievements in articulation" The Fifth Continent

12-29-2007

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Originally Posted by MikeTbob

Ubuntu, because it has a very large user base and it's a fairly easy way to get your feet wet in the Linux world.

I couldn't have posted my thoughts any better.

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01-01-2008	#8 (permalink)
multios Just Joined! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Idaho Posts: 34	Desktop distro? PCLinuxOS

01-06-2008	#9 (permalink)
xantos Just Joined! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 0	I think its Mint, we all remember the hard times to configure codecs and flash and java. I think if your new and have no experiance in Linux, then Mint as it truly comes with all this stuff. Also personal note its Ubunt/Debian based. Thx.

01-07-2008	#10 (permalink)
carlosponti Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 559	Ubuntu just because not only is the user base large but the development team is trying hard to get it down to easy level. its also been worked so that its got a great hardware support scheme. and you can get it pre-installed from dell. __________________ Blog Registered Linux user 396557