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YAN (Yet Another Noob) In the initial stages of starting my own consulting biz - 18ys with Intel so I know x86 / XP famliy pretty well ---- been using ...
  1. 10-24-2005 #1
    HW_Hack
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    Howdy !!

    YAN (Yet Another Noob)

    In the initial stages of starting my own consulting biz - 18ys with Intel so I know x86 / XP famliy pretty well ---- been using a mac the past year - getting the hang of OS X. Next is to get some basics in Linux ----- last I heard (from the secret circle at Intel) was that Linux is due to hit the desktop market in late '06 and start growing .... who knows.

    Either way I'll have a lot of questions ---- first step is to find out who / where I can get ahold of a decent build of linux that will run on an x86 system.
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    Hello, welcome to the linux community , oh wait i'm still a n00b myself
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    Howdy (Captain Howdy?*)

    Welcome to the forum. A good place to start is the DistroWatch site - The best place for all things penguiny.

    Tell IBM that it's already hit a few desktops here and there.

    *It's from a film.
    I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso
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    Quote Originally Posted by fingal
    Howdy (Captain Howdy?*)

    Welcome to the forum. A good place to start is the DistroWatch site - The best place for all things penguiny.

    Tell IBM that it's already hit a few desktops here and there.

    *It's from a film.
    Thanks for the info ....... I should clarify that whenever Intel refers to something appearing in the market they're at leat thinking in the 100K unit range per month from the major OEMs ---- and several OEMs are starting to offer "alternate OS" options ------ and BTW I've worked with Microsoft on a number of projects and linux scares the crap out of them
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    Welcome. I think you'll find that for most of the folks on this forum, Linux has already hit our desktops; or been there for several years now.
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    Welcome aboard!

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    welcome to the forums, always good to see a new face...err login name and avatar...around here...I hope you stay to become part of the community...
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    Hey there, HW_Hack. The majority (I won't state "all" being that some distros are aimed at Mac) of linux distros are aimed at x86 hardware. So any distro you pick should run fine on your system. If you want me to make some recommendations; if you're a new user and would like to experiece a 'user-friendly' linux, some people might suggest either Fedora, Mandrake, or SuSE; I, on the other hand, would have to promote Debian, Ubuntu and/or Gentoo. They have a superb AND superior package-management system compared to other distros (it's called 'apt'). If you're the kind of person who enjoys building things on your own, and comiling your own kernel, I would say go with Slackware. I use both Slackware and Ubuntu. They are fabulous distros, imo.
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    Hello and welcome

    As a side note: such posts are more suited in the Coffee Lounge
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