New to open source and linux..!

[nileshgr]

well FYI, I have learned much about Linux with windows when I was in 7th. At that time I had RedHat 7 & 8 respectively. Nice things to play with. But must have dual boot if u r new to Linux.

 

[PCWORM]

Ok...im thinking of starting with suse and mint as of now...
i hav two PCs wid these configs:
1. AMD X2 5600+ (2.8 GHZ), ASUS M2N-VM DV, 2GB RAM 800MHZ, 160 GB HDD
2. INTEL P4 2.4 GHZ, 512 MB RAM, 80GB HDD.

m gonna install mint on one pc and suse on the other one,,which Config should
i choose to install mint and suse respectively??...

 

[hellknight]

openSUSE should be installed on the AMD one, pref. 64-bit. It would work like a charm and Mint should be installed on the other one.

But it really doesn't matters where you'll install them. Both should work fine.

Tip:- If you decide to install openSUSE on the Intel one then consider choosing the GNOME environment, coz it really puts less stress on the system then KDE environment.

Do tell us your results though!

Happy Installing!

 

[gary4gar]

Ok...im thinking of starting with suse and mint as of now...
i hav two PCs wid these configs:
1. AMD X2 5600+ (2.8 GHZ), ASUS M2N-VM DV, 2GB RAM 800MHZ, 160 GB HDD
2. INTEL P4 2.4 GHZ, 512 MB RAM, 80GB HDD.

m gonna install mint on one pc and suse on the other one,,which Config should
i choose to install mint and suse respectively??...

i suggest you to install same distros in machine, else you will have to do double learning + hardwork.

maybe, install windows on one machine & install linux on other. so if you can't figure out something in linux, do that in windows

also partioning will also be easier will you use a single boot setup

 

[PCWORM]

Thanku hellknight and gary4gar...ill rep suun aftr installing.

 

[praka123]

anything ecept SuSE gives you a good starting point.

Agreed! personal opinion though!(novell cheated FOSS by signing patent deal with M$)

I have tried Fedora 8.This distro is hell lot better than what it used to before.

I recommend Fedora for a n00b GNU/Linux user.

else,

Ubuntu GNU/Linux 7.10,for package management and easy access to "super powers"(sudo)

Those who have enough of distro shuffling,go,permanent for Debian Lenny(testing) -the father and mother of Ubuntu and other Debian based distros
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Debian-based_distributions

 

[nileshgr]

Agreed! personal opinion though!(novell cheated FOSS by signing patent deal with M$)

I have tried Fedora 8.This distro is hell lot better than what it used to before.

I recommend Fedora for a n00b GNU/Linux user.

else,

Ubuntu GNU/Linux 7.10,for package management and easy access to "super powers"(sudo)

Those who have enough of distro shuffling,go,permanent for Debian Lenny(testing) -the father and mother of Ubuntu and other Debian based distros
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Debian-based_distributions

I am using Fedora 7 and its very good. I am soon going to upgrade to Fedora 8. And I have also sudo working (without passwd).

 

[praka123]

^I said by default,sudo is enabled in Ubuntu,not in Fedora afaik.I know it can be done by visudo the file /etc/sudoers.but do u think any new user by first itself will set sudo in fedora?

 

[nileshgr]

^I said by default,sudo is enabled in Ubuntu,not in Fedora afaik.I know it can be done by visudo the file /etc/sudoers.but do u think any new user by first itself will set sudo in fedora?

/etc/sudoers has both options - either user permissions or group based.

 

[Ecko]

No one can beat Suse

 

[RCuber]

^I said by default,sudo is enabled in Ubuntu,not in Fedora afaik.I know it can be done by visudo the file /etc/sudoers.but do u think any new user by first itself will set sudo in fedora?

You are right prakash, I use Fedora 8 , sudo was not available to me when installed. I had to edit /etc/sudoers to get it working.

 

[Pathik]

Actually i never liked sudo much.. I just used to su and login as root. Felt more powerful that way. i know it sounds foolish..

 

[praka123]

^I dont have sudo installed in Debian .but,I think sudo is really helpful for new linux users,who dont want to remember 2 passwords(root,local user)

 

[nileshgr]

Actually i never liked sudo much.. I just used to su and login as root. Felt more powerful that way. i know it sounds foolish..

use SSH for much more power su doesn't allow you to specify commands like service (you have to issue the path /sbin/service) and useradd. userdel, etc.

If need such commands i simply use SSH

 

[NucleusKore]

anything ecept SuSE gives you a good starting point.

Now that's what you call a very biased view.
If you want a hassle free experience try OpenSuSE 10.3. You can check this thread too