I want to install Gentoo ...... but I don't know anything abt linux, pls help me
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urvish_acharya
Broken In
in DVD if ISO is given then u'll hv to burn its bootable on CD..once bootable is created,...let me know
QwertyManiac
Commander in Chief
Well, if this is your first linux, please AVOID gentoo. 
QwertyManiac
Commander in Chief
Since you are new to Linux, completely new, I'd only suggest Ubuntu. Ubuntu because it has a huge community support and many people use it to help you out of difficulty, have a look at www.ubuntuforums.org, its the most helpful forum I've ever seen on the net. Also, Ubuntu being a debian-based system is perfect for installing and managing things and is the best bet on stability.
Features of Ubuntu are:
Apart from all that, it has a Package manager, Synaptic which is dead easy to use to install almost any app of your choice without any hassles. This is one thing all Windows users can only dream of.
Also, you get so many stuff just on a CD rather than most distriibutions going for a DVD.
Get Ubuntu here
Official Site - www.ubuntu.com
x86 CD - [Download] [Order for free home delivery of CDs]
The home delivery is absolutely free and takes about 2-4 weeks for arrival. Trust me, I have got many too.
After you install it, please head to www.ubuntuguide.org and there you can find all instructions to set up your Ubuntu machine in just an hour. Really helpful site.
I am using Ubuntu 6.06 for the past month and have encountered no trouble at all.
Features of Ubuntu are:
- Auto mounts your Windows HDD Partitions which you can access trouble free.
- Has full and integrated Bluetooth and Wifi networking support
- Comes with all basic applications from calculator to messengers.
- GIMP (for image editing),
- Totem (for movies),
- Rythmbox (for audio) and
- OpenOffice.org (for a total Office suite application).
- Is developed by keeping the newbies in mind and each tool for it is well manualled and constructed.
Apart from all that, it has a Package manager, Synaptic which is dead easy to use to install almost any app of your choice without any hassles. This is one thing all Windows users can only dream of.
Also, you get so many stuff just on a CD rather than most distriibutions going for a DVD.
Get Ubuntu here
Official Site - www.ubuntu.com
x86 CD - [Download] [Order for free home delivery of CDs]
The home delivery is absolutely free and takes about 2-4 weeks for arrival. Trust me, I have got many too.
After you install it, please head to www.ubuntuguide.org and there you can find all instructions to set up your Ubuntu machine in just an hour. Really helpful site.
I am using Ubuntu 6.06 for the past month and have encountered no trouble at all.
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QwertyManiac
Commander in Chief
I havent tried that particular distro yet. Here is the official link anyways. *www.knoppix.com/ and a helping community like place at *www.knoppix.net/
k_blues Knoppix is a great live CD/DVD. It is highly recommended to use it to learn and get familiar with linux. But, when, installed to a hard disk, it looses it's strong point and becomes just another distro. On the other hand distros like ubuntu, fedora, suse, etc are optimised for installation on users computer. So, I won't recommend you to install knoppix for the simple fact that there are better installable distros. But, when it comes to live cd's Knoppix is the king.
QwertyManiac
Commander in Chief
Ubuntu
Fedora doesnt have inbuilt NTFS support and isnt built with interoperatiblity in mind, to me its a damn good Workstation distro.
Gentoo requires advanced linux CLI knowledge and is best left to developers.
DSL is Damn-small-linux, as the name is, it isnt featureful but scores high on portablity.
So, go for Ubuntu.
Fedora doesnt have inbuilt NTFS support and isnt built with interoperatiblity in mind, to me its a damn good Workstation distro.
Gentoo requires advanced linux CLI knowledge and is best left to developers.
DSL is Damn-small-linux, as the name is, it isnt featureful but scores high on portablity.
So, go for Ubuntu.
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