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Ubuntu is where it's at.
Probably the most used Linux distro and is very user friendly. Still, for absolute beginners it can be a pain to setup. Probably have to wait for 10.0 + for it to be really nice.
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Murktomp Wrote:Ubuntu is where it's at.
Probably the most used Linux distro and is very user friendly. Still, for absolute beginners it can be a pain to setup. Probably have to wait for 10.0 + for it to be really nice.

Yeah, Cant play mp3's or watch youtube videos from the get-go without downloading a special meta-package (ubuntu-restricted-extras) which most users may not know about without doing some searching. Oh and there is also the proprietary drivers that you have to install if you have a nvidia or ati card in order to use the 3D acceleration.

Mepis and Puppy linux on the other hand, Flash and mp3's work right out of the box...
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Xfree86John Wrote:
Murktomp Wrote:Ubuntu is where it's at.
Probably the most used Linux distro and is very user friendly. Still, for absolute beginners it can be a pain to setup. Probably have to wait for 10.0 + for it to be really nice.

Yeah, Cant play mp3's or watch youtube videos from the get-go without downloading a special meta-package (ubuntu-restricted-extras) which most users may not know about without doing some searching. Oh and there is also the proprietary drivers that you have to install if you have a nvidia or ati card in order to use the 3D acceleration.

Mepis and Puppy linux on the other hand, Flash and mp3's work right out of the box...

Ya exactly. I remember my first time installing ubuntu. Took about 8 hours to setup the wireless internet, learn what the synaptic package was, nVidia card setup (that killed me Biggrin), etc. Anyway we are getting a bit off topic to the original post Biggrin
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Our bad.. haha
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Murktomp Wrote:Ubuntu is where it's at.
Probably the most used Linux distro and is very user friendly. Still, for absolute beginners it can be a pain to setup. Probably have to wait for 10.0 + for it to be really nice.

Arch FTW Biggrin.
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Xfree86John, please stop PM arguing with me.
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"The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it."

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random_name Wrote:Xfree86John, please stop PM arguing with me.

Im trying to keep this thread from being derailed which is why im PM arguing with you.....
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Just give in.
Hidden stuff:
"A 'no' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble." - Mahatma Gandhi

"The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it."

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
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"when I was a kid I used to pray for a bicycle. then I realized that god doesn't work that way. so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness."
"I would rather die for something I believe in than live for anything else."
"What is the task of higher education? To make a man into a machine. What are the means employed? He is taught how to suffer being bored." – F W Nietzsche
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Mint FTW... the 7's out, you don't have to install any meta-package
What the F******* happened to Xfree86John? Why was he PM arguing?... Thread from being derailed?
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slAcker Wrote:Mint FTW... the 7's out, you don't have to install any meta-package
What the F******* happened to Xfree86John? Why was he PM arguing?... Thread from being derailed?
Doesn't matter, the shit head's gone now anyway.
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