It depends on what distro you want. I personally like kubuntu. http://www.kubuntu.com
(Kubuntu is Ubuntu, but with KDE instead of GNOME So it looks nicer)
You may also want to check out a distrobution of linux called Knoppix. You can download and burn a CD based version of it will allow you to try linux without installing anything on your hard drive.
If you have never used Linux before then I would suggest you start out with Linux Mint 4.0 Darnya (Main Edition) http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
Its easy to install, easy to use and comes with much of the software preinstalled. Linux Mint is directly based on the highly successful Ubuntu, so there is no shortage of online support http://ubuntuforums.org/
distrowatch.com has tons of them
I would first suggest linux mint or ubuntu but unless your computer is very quick mint might not work out for you on the install they need to make a alt install for mint but ubuntu is a very good second choice and with some work can do everything mint can
You need some direction, to begin– the harware you have should direct your choice of Linux. Old, new- slow, fast, 32 or 64 bit, laptop, desktop…. Some distros are targeted toward certain things. For a ‘one size fits all’ Mint, or Ubuntu will get you going. Then you can try out other flavors of Linux to see what appeals to you
You can either download it or purchase Red Hat Linux. I hope you don’t won’t windows (a.k.a garbage) on your laptop .
If you want to try some risky distro’s for free try Fedora 9. Stable ones are debian but a bit complex. I haven’t used them til now. Still worth a try.
If you are into media and games and stuff try a cool Linux distro 64 Studio. It’s purely for multimedia stuff.
For gaming, if you want old windows games to run wine can run most of the games and if not try dos emulators
December 13th, 2010 - 05:32
http://ubuntu.com/ (among others, http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major has a fairly extensive list)
December 13th, 2010 - 06:12
It depends on what distro you want. I personally like kubuntu. http://www.kubuntu.com
(Kubuntu is Ubuntu, but with KDE instead of GNOME So it looks nicer)
December 13th, 2010 - 07:07
There are many different versions of Linux. Some of the easier to use IMO are Red Hat fedora, or Suse. Here are the free dowload sites for each.
You can also go to Walmart or just about any place that sells software and purchase a copy of the DVDs/CDs.
Red Hat Download
http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora
Suse Download
http://software.opensuse.org/
You may also want to check out a distrobution of linux called Knoppix. You can download and burn a CD based version of it will allow you to try linux without installing anything on your hard drive.
Knoppix Download
http://linux.softpedia.com/progDownload/KNOPPIX-Live-DVD-Download-2621.html
December 13th, 2010 - 07:33
OpenSUSE
http://en.opensuse.org
Here is my openSUSE blog:
http://snake1990.wordpress.com
December 13th, 2010 - 08:18
If you have never used Linux before then I would suggest you start out with Linux Mint 4.0 Darnya (Main Edition) http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
Its easy to install, easy to use and comes with much of the software preinstalled. Linux Mint is directly based on the highly successful Ubuntu, so there is no shortage of online support http://ubuntuforums.org/
Enjoy.
LUg.
December 13th, 2010 - 08:20
distrowatch.com has tons of them
I would first suggest linux mint or ubuntu but unless your computer is very quick mint might not work out for you on the install they need to make a alt install for mint but ubuntu is a very good second choice and with some work can do everything mint can
December 13th, 2010 - 08:46
You need some direction, to begin– the harware you have should direct your choice of Linux. Old, new- slow, fast, 32 or 64 bit, laptop, desktop…. Some distros are targeted toward certain things. For a ‘one size fits all’ Mint, or Ubuntu will get you going. Then you can try out other flavors of Linux to see what appeals to you
December 13th, 2010 - 09:20
You can either download it or purchase Red Hat Linux. I hope you don’t won’t windows (a.k.a garbage) on your laptop
.
If you want to try some risky distro’s for free try Fedora 9. Stable ones are debian but a bit complex. I haven’t used them til now. Still worth a try.
If you are into media and games and stuff try a cool Linux distro 64 Studio. It’s purely for multimedia stuff.
For gaming, if you want old windows games to run wine can run most of the games and if not try dos emulators
December 13th, 2010 - 09:47
Linux for laptop
when you search the internet you got various flavers of linux which are easy to install on lapto
but i prefer two of them
Linspire
http://www.linspire.com/
and
linux mint
http://www.linuxmint.com/
both are very easy to use and no technicle knowlege required for any newbie at all
they include everything you need and their package installation system is also great.