I come in peace

[Drolfrawd]

Originally Posted by grey_1

Distro heaven, dl links, versions etc.
http://distrowatch.com/

I found Debian to be extremely stable, using the 'testing' branch, excellent distro to learn on.

I was also very impressed with Fedora Core - 11 is the last version I tried for home use, very smooth and had not one crash.

I've also heard good things about Mint linux and had quite a bit of fun with PCLinuxOS.

pretty much anything you want is available on distrowatch, including links to home pages etc. Have fun Drol

Thanks , I think i will try debian first and then see where we go.
Sure is hospitable in here

[Sean_W]

Fedora 13 will be the first distro to include experimental 3D support for NVIDIA cards with the opensource nouveau driver. The beta got released https://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease

The problem with Debian is, it's runs much older software but tends to be less buggy.

[Drolfrawd]

I took a chance and download the latest Ubunbtu x64 distro, it installed the nvidia driver in a few easy clicks, don't like how it looks but it seems that it may have a future with me. I want to learn but also want to be rewarded with small successes.
For a Linux beginner this seems the way to go .

[Arup]

Lucid will have Nouveau, in Linux you can always customize if you don't like it, its free and easy unlike in other OS. I remove default Orange for all black and do it with ease, all panels go black as well, no 3rd party patches needed.

[Drolfrawd]

Thanks

[Sean_W]

Something that might make your desktop look better http://www.elementary-project.com/downloads.html

You'll probably need to install the 'aurora theme engine' from the Software Centre.

Bests place for themes, icons ect.. http://gnome-look.org/

Good luck.

[Drolfrawd]

I'm starting to like this a lot, ok so i am a nub, but time will take care of that. can't believe how good it is

Originally Posted by Sean_W

Fedora 13 will be the first distro to include experimental 3D support for NVIDIA cards with the opensource nouveau driver. The beta got released https://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease

The problem with Debian is, it's runs much older software but tends to be less buggy.

Yup, true. Didn't really think about that when I posted.

Drol - you've got me wanting to try the newest Ubuntu. If I ever buy the cheap_but_decent laptop I've been wanting I think I will go with Ubuntu also. Give it a test run.

[Drolfrawd]

Originally Posted by grey_1

Yup, true. Didn't really think about that when I posted.

Drol - you've got me wanting to try the newest Ubuntu. If I ever buy the cheap_but_decent laptop I've been wanting I think I will go with Ubuntu also. Give it a test run.

I'm liking it grey, seems real speedy to, reading load s about it, ok so you can't play games but everything else is working , have-even been remote s desk-topping to works servers. The themes once you read a few
guides are immense .
Also , it seems to have that feel about it, (like windows 7),that it is not going to break.

Originally Posted by Drolfrawd

I'm liking it grey, seems real speedy to, reading load s about it, ok so you can't play games but everything else is working , have-even been remote s desk-topping to works servers. The themes once you read a few
guides are immense .
Also , it seems to have that feel about it, (like windows 7),that it is not going to break.

The breakage is my main concern. I have yet to run ubuntu for more than afew weeks without an update breaking something.

I hope it's improved.

[Drolfrawd]

I'll keep you posted on my progress with this Install

[Arup]

Originally Posted by grey_1

The breakage is my main concern. I have yet to run ubuntu for more than afew weeks without an update breaking something.

I hope it's improved.

I have run Ubuntu for years on various PCs without any breakage, OTOH, XP has broken on me quite a few times after updates and Service packs, however in case of XPx64 which is based on corporate 2003x64, it has been rock stable.