[nos217]

I'm not sure if he wants one that is for old computers though. Mainly one that just boots fast and runs fast, but isn't like Puppy or DSL.

[tawfiqh]

well i want functionality, so i can use Firefox and open office, but i would also want to play basic/simple games like Cube and doom.

but fast boot times.

Is Ubuntu fast to boot i've tried it off of a flash drive and it was good but i've heard it can be slow to boot. my Laptop is currently running XP which is a bit slow although i've managed to speed it up a bit. so i just want something that can boot like relatively fast but still has good functionality.

[HubmaN V2]

I just tried out FC11/Sugar as a Python hacking environment (you can drop down into the source of your current activity using a button after enabling it in the settings). P. nice, although it took me ages to figure out where the Journal system stashes everything.

[PvtCupcakes]

HubmaN V2 posted:

I just tried out FC11/Sugar as a Python hacking environment (you can drop down into the source of your current activity using a button after enabling it in the settings). P. nice, although it took me ages to figure out where the Journal system stashes everything.

Sugar is the OLPC interface isn't it? Yuck.
I'd rather use Clutter, which I think is coming in Fedora 12.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/FedoraMoblin
Moblin uses Clutter, which looks like this I believe:

[HubmaN V2]

PvtCupcakes posted:

Sugar is the OLPC interface isn't it? Yuck.
I'd rather use Clutter, which I think is coming in Fedora 12.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/FedoraMoblin
Moblin uses Clutter, which looks like this I believe:

Eh, I'm quite a fan of it. After reading a bunch of the documentation I got the Home Screen icons to hover around on the screen.

[abigserve]

Sles11 <_<

[butre]

Bump for great justice and maybe a sticky.

[UberMensch]

I like CentOS for something I'm going to use now and then but mostly leave alone sitting in a cupboard/room/data centre and so on. Ubuntu for desktop because the software manager thing is excellent for a Linux distro. And because it never seems to have trouble with my desktop/laptop drivers INCLUDING wifi.

[birkett]

ButtsexV2 posted:

Bump for great justice and maybe a sticky.

New portal thread coming soon. Was looking for this yesterday as reference.

[Maccabee]

Dark_dragon1 posted:

Good for hacking... I'm a white hat by the way don't get scared lol

Every time I mention Linux someone says this. It makes me sick. And it is Mac users who usually say it. If you want to hack a network, A mac would do it the exact same way. Besides being able to install stuff from terminal, Mac, and Linux terminal are identical.

[BmB]

@Moblin.... I came. :D

[thelinx]

Linux distro test - Which distro is right for you?

Told me to get Gentoo or Slackware.

Edited:

broken atm though

[ldp]

I went through a lot of different distros, got on the dev teams of a bunch of them, but I chose Arch because it was the best among the lot. However, right now, Windows 7 is a lot better desktop platform than Linux is, but Windows dev is.... killing.

[:smugspike:]

Which distribution would be good for an FTP/Print server running on what will likely be an i3-2100 or an AMD Phenom II x4?

Likely no dedicated video card, if there is, it will be a workstation card. No GPGPU or high-performance.

Edited:

ldp posted:

I went through a lot of different distros, got on the dev teams of a bunch of them, but I chose Arch because it was the best among the lot. However, right now, Windows 7 is a lot better desktop platform than Linux is, but Windows dev is.... killing.

Maybe for the end user with no knowledge of computers, Windows is a better choice, but Linux certainly exceeds Windows in every field for those who know what they're doing.

[jetboy]

Arch is only complicated if you don't know how to use shell.

[:smugspike:]

Anybody have an answer to my question?

[jetboy]

:smugspike: posted:

Which distribution would be good for an FTP/Print server running on what will likely be an i3-2100 or an AMD Phenom II x4?

Likely no dedicated video card, if there is, it will be a workstation card. No GPGPU or high-performance.

Edited:



Maybe for the end user with no knowledge of computers, Windows is a better choice, but Linux certainly exceeds Windows in every field for those who know what they're doing.

If you're going for stability, Debian or CentOS.
If you want easiness, go with Ubuntu Server.
Or if you want up-to-date-ness, use Arch.

[:smugspike:]

I guess I'll use arch, since that's what I use for my recreational OS anyway.