DEVILofDARKNESS Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Hi, I really want to have Linux. My question is which one do I choose? -I want to just be able to choose on the startup between linux or windows -Most likely a linux distribution which has a lot of references, for help, ... -Compatible with as many as possible programs. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 If it will be your first contact with linux, Ubuntu might be a good choice (or any of its derivatives). TBH: that's the first linux, that didn't throw me off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnoTheDev Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 What do you want to use linux for? If you want the X windows desktop then use any free distro i.e. Fedora Core, Centos, Ubuntu I would say the easiest to add new packages to are Fedora (rpms) and Ubuntu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardRotterdam Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 -I want to just be able to choose on the startup between linux or windows Just make it dual boot and you should be fine -Most likely a linux distribution which has a lot of references, for help, ... For the few linux distros I tried I liked Ubuntu to most. There is tons of information to find online but haven't really spend enough time on the other distributions to give an good insight. -Compatible with as many as possible programs. There are a couple of ways to still run window programs here is a couple of ways: 1. wine 2. dosbox for old classical dos games 3. run virtualization software 4. just start windows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVILofDARKNESS Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 Ok, I will try Ubuntu , What do you mean with it didn't throw me off? And what is wine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 It didn't throw me off as in: it didn't make me mad after a week. And what is wine? WINE Is Not an Emulator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVILofDARKNESS Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 Okay, I went to ubuntu.com => Get Ubuntu =>Destkop Version (I don't have a netbook and I wasn't planning to use it as a server) There is only a CD download!? So I have to run everytime that (live) CD to have Ubuntu, and I can't choose on the startup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnoTheDev Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 So I have to run everytime that (live) CD to have Ubuntu, and I can't choose on the startup? When you burn it to a CD, boot your computer with the CD. The installation will start. If you already have windows installed it will allow you to create a dual boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVILofDARKNESS Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 Ah, =) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I think ubuntu is a great choice for a desktop system. It is really the distro aiming to make the linux desktop more user friendly and allow people to do just about everything from the GUI. If your goal is to really learn more about linux I find you may want to play with some other distros. Slackware is said to be the most "unix like" and has been around for quite some time. I had a slackware box set up when I was really trying to learn more about .nix environments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I would say the easiest to add new packages to are Fedora (rpms) and Ubuntu I disagree on the Fedora part. CentOS also uses Yum and RPMs, and I think it's inferior to Debian's APT or Gentoo's Portage. Our servers here on PHP Freaks are running CentOS and I think the package manager sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Check out this article. I think it is a good read for anyone. http://www.tuxradar.com/content/how-choose-best-linux-distro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVILofDARKNESS Posted April 30, 2009 Author Share Posted April 30, 2009 Okay, after reading that article, I want to know what actually are the + and - from: -Ubuntu -Fedora Because I'm not sure which one I should choose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Why not just try both and see which you prefer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnoTheDev Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 You can install both to the same pc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVILofDARKNESS Posted April 30, 2009 Author Share Posted April 30, 2009 okay, but can somebody tell me the + or - from one of those ? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnoTheDev Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 http://polishlinux.org/choose/comparison/?distro1=Fedora&distro2=Ubuntu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVILofDARKNESS Posted May 1, 2009 Author Share Posted May 1, 2009 Hi, I've downloaded Fedora with bitTorrent, and I have the folowing maps: I've burned them all on a CD, and made it bootable with: EFI/boot/initrd0.img because I didn't know which img I had to choose. But it doesn't boot on the startup :-(, what have I done wrong, or how should I install it the right way? - EFI - boot - bootx64.conf - bootx64.efi - grub.conf - initrd0.img - isolinux.bin - isolinux.cfg - memtest - splash.jpg - splash.xpm.gz - vesamenu.c32 - vmlinuz0 - isolinux - boot.cat - initrd0.img - isolinux.bin - isolinux.cfg - memtest - splash.jpg - vesamenu.c32 - vmlinuz0 - LiveOs - livecd-iso-to-disk - osmin.img - squashfs.img Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Did you set the BIOS to boot from the CD-ROM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVILofDARKNESS Posted May 2, 2009 Author Share Posted May 2, 2009 I'm not sure, I will check it, but which img, do I have to make bootable, or am I supposed to only burn one of the maps on the CD-R, instead of whole the bunch of maps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lispwriter Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Hmm...I'm not sure what you did there. In my experience with these Linux distros (only been using Ubuntu for about a year and a half) you simply look for the "Live CD" release which gives you an ISO which you then burn to a CD. Boot your system with that CD in the drive and you'll be able to boot into the linux distro you downloaded. Most of them provide an interface from within that Live system to make the actual install to disk - some offer that option as a boot menu before loading the system (Ubuntu does it like that). When creating a dual boot you'll have to pay close attention to what you're doing when you get to your options for partitioning the drive during the Linux install. Make sure you don't take the default resize as they tend to squish your Windows partition down to almost exactly the amount of space they are currently taking up on the drive (obviously windows wouldn't like that much). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axeia Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Yeah just download the image, open it up with nero/alcohol/whatever and burn it to a disk. It will be bootable. There's most likely a MD5 hash on the download site as well so you can ensure you downloaded the image in one piece. at least openSUSE (my fav distro) offers the md5 hash on the site so I assume other distro's would as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suncore Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 And don't forget to use the lowest writing speed ( or it my not boot up correctly ). More on-topic - Ubuntu is one of the easiest penguins to start off with ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVILofDARKNESS Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 Hi, okay, I started over again, and I donwloaded the iso off ubuntu to my desktop, it opened it with WinRar, and extracted all the files to C:/Documents And Settings/%USER%/Desktop/Ubuntu Then I opened sonic MyDVD, and I chose data disc, and written all those files in ubuntu to a blank CD with MyDVD, Then I tested it on my PC, and when I put in the CD, automaticly the ubuntu menu appears, -demo, -install I've tried both demo and install, and they both install some files and ask to reboot, which I do, but when the Pc started up again, the windows screen loaded; WHat have I done wrong!!! :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnoTheDev Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Why don't you read the documentation or search the web. Takes 2 seconds to find info on Google keyphrase: installing ubuntu dual boot http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/Installing_Ubuntu_with_Windows_Dual-Boot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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