Debian is worth a look, but it isn't for everybody. The community is prickly for newbies and while it is stable that comes at price. Everything is old from the kernel to the applications. If you can live with those things then Debian is worth considering. Also the next version will have proprietary blobs removed from the kernel which could mean less compatibility as many open source drivers have less functionality and some just do not exist. Debian means that you have to buy into their philosophy or you don't count. He should know it up front rather than finding it after going to an effort to install.
Roy Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit Location: Canada On 6 January 2011 08:22, hard wyrd <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree on the Mint "customs" as well. I also think you can take a look at > Debian. > > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 9:01 PM, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I agree that PCLinuxOS is worth a look. It is complete and works well. >> You might want a lighter desktop environment, though. You should >> consider install Mint LXDE over Mint and antiX over MEPIS for example. >> That will give you more resources for GIMP with the DE using less >> overhead. GIMP either comes with most distros or is easily >> installable. If you really want a fast system that you can build >> yourself then try Arch. But you have to work from the commandline at >> first. Fedora takes more work to set up than say Ubuntu, but it is >> rewarding once you do. However, it is not a distro that is easy to >> upgrade. If you want something upgradable then stick with an Ubuntu >> derivative or one that is a rolling release such as Debian or Mint >> Debian Edition (still experimental). >> >> Roy >> >> Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit >> Location: Canada >> >> >> >> On 6 January 2011 06:37, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I think this was the first post EVER to the LUG where the poster gave us >> > too >> > much information! But that's is alright! I'd rather have too much than >> > the >> > obligatory, "Which Linux version should I use?" question. Good on you >> > Tyler! >> > >> > Jeremiah E. Bess >> > Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 22:32, Tyler Carroll <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> I hope this is enough information so that you all can help me and yes >> >> my >> >> computer isn't the greatest it's a little older and Dell to boot.So if >> >> any >> >> one could help me pick which distro is right for me and my computer it >> >> would >> >> be greatly appreciated. >> >> >> >> >> >> Property Value >> >> Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation >> >> Product Name Dimension 4300 >> >> Serial Number 3G93X01 >> >> Machine Type AT/AT COMPATIBLE >> >> DMI System UUID 44454C4C-47001039-8033B3C0-4F583031 >> >> Disk Space Disk C: 523 MB Available, 16379 MB Total, 523 MB Free >> >> Disk D: 28 GB Available, 37 GB Total, 28 GB Free >> >> Disk E: 467 MB Available, 2048 MB Total, 467 MB Free >> >> Disk F: 1670 MB Available, 13251 MB Total, 1670 MB Free >> >> Disk I: 454 MB Available, 3817 MB Total, 454 MB Free >> >> Physical Memory 384 MB Total, 29 MB Free >> >> Memory Load 92% >> >> Virtual Memory 1916 MB Total, 1048 MB Free >> >> PageFile Size 1568 MB >> >> In use 460 MB >> >> Max used 460 MB >> >> Registry Size 4 MB (current), 54 MB (maximum) >> >> The system clock interval 15 ms >> >> >> >> I hope this is enough information so that you all can help me and yes >> >> my >> >> computer isn't the greatest it's a little older and Dell to boot.So if >> >> any >> >> one could help me pick which distro is right for me and my computer it >> >> would >> >> be greatly appreciated. >> >> >> >> Mother board: >> >> Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation >> >> Model Dimension 4300 >> >> North Bridge Intel i845 Revision A3 >> >> South Bridge Intel 82801BA (ICH2) Revision A3 >> >> CPU Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1500MHz >> >> Cpu Socket Socket 478 mPGA >> >> System Slots 4 PCI, 1 AGP >> >> Memory Summary >> >> Maximum Capacity 1024 MBytes >> >> Memory Slots 2 >> >> Error Correction Single-bit ECC >> >> I hope this is enough information so that you all can help me and yes >> >> my >> >> computer isn't the greatest it's a little older and Dell to boot.So if >> >> any >> >> one could help me pick which distro is right for me and my computer it >> >> would >> >> be greatly appreciated. >> >> >> >> Property Value >> >> Summary >> >> Number of Logical Processors 1 >> >> Number of Physical Processors 1 >> >> CPU #1 Intel Pentium 4 >> >> CPU Name Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1500MHz >> >> CPU Code Name Willamette >> >> Vendor GenuineIntel >> >> Number of Bits 32 >> >> Instruction Set MMX, SSE, SSE2 >> >> Platform Name Socket 478 mPGA >> >> Revision C1 >> >> Technology 0.18 µm >> >> Original Clock 1500 MHz >> >> Original System Clock 100 MHz >> >> Original Multiplier 15.0 >> >> CPU Clock 1495 MHz >> >> System Clock 99.7 MHz >> >> FSB 398.7 MHz >> >> Number of Cores 1 >> >> Core #1 >> >> Speed 1495.2 MHz >> >> Multiplier 15.0 >> >> Virtual Technology Supported No >> >> Hyper Threading Supported No >> >> Cache >> >> L1 Data Cache 8 KBytes >> >> L1 Trace Cache 12 Kµops >> >> L2 Cache 256 KBytes >> >> I hope this is enough information so that you all can help me and yes >> >> my >> >> computer isn't the greatest it's a little older and Dell to boot.So if >> >> any >> >> one could help me pick which distro is right for me and my computer it >> >> would >> >> be greatly appreciated. >> >> I almost forgot dealing with interest: >> >> well I'm not very avid of a linux user as I would like to be so >> >> Something >> >> that was easy and helpful when it came to working with the linux >> >> machine >> >> rather than just on it other than that I would like to get into some >> >> programming with Java and Python mostly I really like Google's products >> >> including almost especially there software(Chrome,Google Desktop, >> >> Picasa, >> >> Google Earth, and Sketchup) I also do some simple graphics design so >> >> Gimp is >> >> nice >> >> other than that being lightweight or so much as possible so speed is >> >> not >> >> so gravely a problem >> >> To conclude there is no need for open office if something I have listed >> >> is >> >> not offered for linux ;Wine maybe and that is everything I can think >> >> about >> >> information and opinion wise other than NO UBUNTU... >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >> >> Group. >> >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe, send email to >> >> [email protected] >> >> For more options, visit our group at >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >> > Group. >> > To post a message, send email to [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe, send email to >> > [email protected] >> > For more options, visit our group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >> Group. >> To post 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