Re: Best linux distribution

2010-09-17 Thread John Mahoney
Pavan, most Fedora users rarely interact with rpm, as we use the PackageKit interface to install new software including packages like gcc, gdb, cscope, qemu, kgdb, etc. that are important to (on-topic comments!) kernel developers.   Also I note that Fedora is sending out 2.6.34.6-54.fc13 via

Re: Best linux distribution

2010-09-17 Thread arshad hussain
On 9/16/2010 6:32 PM, mohit verma wrote: why LInux mint? Its just my opinion. The question was , to be able to run latest ( Almost latest ) kernel on an old hardware. I am presently running Mint xfce on AMD 2200 with 256 mb ram ( 32 mb shared video ). and its running fine. Thanks. please

Best linux distribution

2010-09-16 Thread Rags Linux
Hi All, I have Pentium 4 machine. Which is the best linux distribution to install? Ubuntu 10 and Fedora 13 are the latest. Can they run on older machines? If so how much older? The latest kernel version is 2.6.35.4 and I have downloaded it to my PC. Can I build and run this on my older P4 after

Re: Best linux distribution

2010-09-16 Thread sri
What is your purpose, for development or for rd or general purpose? On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Rags Linux linux.r...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I have Pentium 4 machine. Which is the best linux distribution to install? Ubuntu 10 and Fedora 13 are the latest. Can they run on older

Re: Best linux distribution

2010-09-16 Thread arshad hussain
On 9/16/2010 5:09 PM, Rags Linux wrote: Hi All, I have Pentium 4 machine. Which is the best linux distribution to install? Ubuntu 10 and Fedora 13 are the latest. Can they run on older machines? If so how much older? Mint 9 xfce. Thanks The latest kernel version is 2.6.35.4 and I have

Re: Best linux distribution

2010-09-16 Thread Rags Linux
: What is your purpose, for development or for rd or general purpose? On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Rags Linux linux.r...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I have Pentium 4 machine. Which is the best linux distribution to install? Ubuntu 10 and Fedora 13 are the latest. Can they run on older

Re: Best linux distribution

2010-09-16 Thread mohit verma
why LInux mint? please highlight some diverse points which ubuntu or fedora don't provide.

Re: Best linux distribution

2010-09-16 Thread sanjeev sharma
Fedora rocks.for me Debain little bit User friendly but for Development I would select Fedora.. Sanjeev On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Rags Linux linux.r...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I have Pentium 4 machine. Which is the best linux distribution to install? Ubuntu

Re: Best linux distribution

2010-09-16 Thread John Mahoney
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 7:39 AM, Rags Linux linux.r...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I have Pentium 4 machine. Which is the best linux distribution to install? Ubuntu 10 and Fedora 13 are the latest. Can they run on older machines? If so how much older? I would recommend Ubuntu or Fedora

Re: Best linux distribution

2010-09-16 Thread StephanT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_distributions

Re: Best linux distribution

2010-09-16 Thread Pavan Savoy
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:08 PM, StephanT stman937-linew...@yahoo.com wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_distributions ubuntu has THE BEST package management system .. I've seen so far. fedora/red-hat RPM is a real pain I would vote for ubuntu any time of the day ..

Re: Best linux distribution

2010-09-16 Thread sanjeev sharma
This is pretty User friendly but a huge pain for development either in Application or Kernel side. Did you guys tried Feadora? No one can beat Fedora buddy... Sanjeev On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 1:27 AM, Pavan Savoy pavan_sa...@sify.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:08 PM, StephanT

Re: Best linux distribution

2010-09-16 Thread sri
Thanks pavan for the link. Useful. On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 1:27 AM, Pavan Savoy pavan_sa...@sify.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:08 PM, StephanT stman937-linew...@yahoo.com wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_distributions ubuntu has THE BEST package