Re: windows migrant: choosing linux distribution

Gary Baribault <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:36:17 -0400



    Hi, All three of the distributions you mentioned are major .. Ubuntu
    is more of a graphical Linux which will keep you safe, but will also
    restrict your learning experience in the sense that getting to a
    Root (administrator) command line is not encouraged. Fedore and SuSE
    are the other two major distributions, I personally used to use SuSE
    and have moved back to Fedora which has improved a lot lately (last
    3 years). To me they are equivalent, but SuSE belongs to Novell,
    which was sold recently to AtachMate. SuSE also works closer with
    Microsoft, which for a Windows guy would seem better but for a Linux
    guy, makes us somewhat nervous!

    
    RPM/DEB both work well, and shouldn't influence your choice.

    
    Gary Baribault
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    On 11/02/2011 08:37 AM, Linux Tyro wrote:
    hi,
      

      i am new in this world of linux. getting confused seeing a
        lot of linux distro. I just want to use linux distro to learn
        linux from the scratch level. please suggest me if fedora is the
        best place to start with. other details are as follows:
      

      confused between: fedora, openSUSE and ubuntu LTS 
      

      purpose of using linux: to learn from the scratch level
      

      why linux: highly secured and better than windows
      

      hardware: 250 gb hard disk, 2 gb ram, one samsung printer,
        speakers
      

      when i use system: from a different job, whenever i get time,
        i do use the system but in this less time, eager to learn linux
      

      --
      THX
      

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