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Best Linux OS
Ubuntu is rockin here.. So Far The friendliest distro ive came acroos..
Dreamlinux Release Candidate 1
http://dreamlinux.com.br/debian/documentac...ido/DLxfce2.jpg
More info:
http://dreamlinux.com.br/forum/viewtopic.php?t=271
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SUSE for stability, PCLinux OS for the easiest install there is. You even download an iso with your 3d graphics driver preinstalled. Hows that for easy? Cd download however the pclinux mirrors are has rich in updated software has ubuntu,s universe mirrors, so no need for a dvd download.
Why Ubuntu (JUST Ubuntu) not listed? It's not with KDE, but also very fine. My vote is for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu if you're a nevvb (I don't recommend it anymore because it doesn't teaches you anything about Linux really). I'd go Slackware or Gentoo.
@The Cereal Mouse: or SourceMage GNU/Linux 
What if I want something that will help teach you Linux without too steep a learning curve?
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What if I want something that will help teach you Linux without too steep a learning curve?-NC
Ubuntu
Btw in my opinion there should be Ubuntu instead of Kubuntu and Edubuntu. Because its oryginal OS. Kubuntu (KDE interface instead of Gnome) Edubuntu (educational version) Xubuntu (XFCE interface instead of Gnome for ,older hardware) are just variations of Ubuntu.
I guese redhat would be Other, since there isn't much *OTHER*And if you're going for ubuntu, select kubuntu.
Thats just stupid. Gentoo, Zenwallk, Yopper, Arch, etc. etc. etc. and WHOLE bunch of others
Ubuntu if you're a nevvb (I don't recommend it anymore because it doesn't teaches you anything about Linux really).
Thats SOO UNTRUE
What if I want something that will help teach you Linux without too steep a learning curve?-NC
Ubuntu can be as easy or as hard as you want it to be.
Why don't we just call the thing "buntu". I think it is so silly adding a few letters to the begining just to denote what window manager you have installed. I say install all the guis and have a little variety. One is no better or worse than the other. Use one or the other because you like it personaly because that is the only diference from one to the other; personal preference. Even the so called lite spartan desktops such has Xfce are not realy that much lighter than the two main desktops.
On the subjects of:
- User friendliness
- Learning curves
- Too many distributions
This guy has all the answers that a Windows to Linux switcher may ever need:
Interesting read. Requires a longer attention span than your average squirrel has, but he surely has some points. I have been trying Linux and giving it up several times since 1996 and I could have spared me some of my disappointments if that article was available.
Lol, all the answers to nothing. Interesting read on one persons narrow perspective of using a pc. But really how is it going to help a windows user to use linux.
My Wife is not only new to linux but new to pcs has well and she uses linux totally and finds it "easier" to use than windows, and with out ever needing the cmd line. So that contradicts the writers rant.
Has for his views on FOSS, he makes it sound like open source software is written by benevolent individuals at home with out a capitalistic gaol to their soul. That may have some merit but try telling that to redhat developers when it comes to their enterprise line of software. Open source is more to do with “freedom” than benevolently free software, and you can and many do sell it for a profit, and I am not talking about support. You can also lock out others from making any changes to code you have added or created.
The real problem regarding windows users and thier trying linux and the unresolved difficulties some find are the "linux snobs" there are on many linux forums who simply refuse to answer a question in terms a windows user may understand, excluding anyone on this bord that is of course IMHO.
What if I want something that will help teach you Linux without too steep a learning curve?-NC
Slackware, its got a great help forum.
And the installation tells you everything needed to get to the point where you can get online and check the documentation. (also one of the cds has the documention)
@betamaxman, thank you, I don't call my slack install: eslack, bslack, or fslack (especially since I switch window manages a lot).
And Open Source is Free Software without the philosophy, RMS has some really good articles about that.
P.S. hows *buntu, like *nix?
Ah, see, my question was based off The Cereal Mouse's claim that Ubuntu did not help one learn Linux.
herd, very nice link, and an interesting read as well. However, it still doesn't suggest a nice distribution to tinker around with...I personally feel that I'm the Linux novice mentioned in the article who is interested in learning more, not solely as a Windows replacement.
vkeios, thanks for the tip--I'll be sure to check out slackware.
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I keep learning everyday and I'm using Ubuntu so I don't know what he is talking about. 
i say just go for it. to heck with the so called learning curve. the distro you choose in the end will not matter all that much
without getting your hands dirty, messing up your system once in a while and RTFM you will never actually "learn" anything.
even when i started with redhat 6.2 i was sick of rpm and dependencies, trying to install libraries and stuff from source, all the while looking for a program called "make"
What if I want something that will help teach you Linux without too steep a learning curve?-NC
You do not need a dificult linux to learn anything about linux. Any distro will let you use the comand line.
People who make such statements are doing no one a favor by discrediting a flavor of nix simply because it has a great installer, or software management. Even Debian has come to realize this and now the once one of the most difficult to install flavors has has modern and easy installer has just about any other nix.
Remember linux is linux is leinux. There isn't one that won't let you do anything that slackware or gentoo will. With the two mentioned you simply have to do things the hard way to get it up and going, however both these distros are moveing to easier installers, being shamed by both debian and the buntus. :cool:
You simply (need) the desire and gump to learn. To dig down into the OSs inards and see how it works, and to compile an app your self rather than use the distro's packagemanager. This is true no matter what OS you use even windows for that matter.
With the two mentioned you simply have to do things the hard way to get it up and going, however both these distros are moveing to easier installers, being shamed by both debian and the buntus. :cool:
Thats exactly why I suggest Slackware. I'm a firm believer that people learn better when they're forced too (if they're motivated that is). And also Slackware doesn't brand everything with their logo. No matter how great the graven image of "Bob" is.
And where's the information about an easier install for Slackware? (graphics don't make easy, and I'm hoping they don't switch from ncurses). I haven't seen anything in the changelog by Patrick Volkerding.
SourceMage has a good thing going with sorcery. It's akin to sorceror and lunar, but worlds apart.
It's my source distro of choice