Open Source

[azzu]

Help me choose 1 of the following Disrto
1: MANDRIVA 2007
2: MINT
3: UBUNTU 7.04
4:FEDORA 7 (i dont want this coz my Windows drives r not showing here)
fast
i only hav these distro's now.

my main use will be Browsin NET watchin DVD's,song's etc..
and i hav Dail up conn
and my windows drives shud be also accesible
and yes EYE candy BERYL Compiz

 

[QwertyManiac]

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Mint

 

[mediator]

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In fedora u have to mount the windows drives manually!

 

[The_Devil_Himself]

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Mint is actually based on ubuntu.
Go for Mint.....But mandriva is good too.

 

[azzu]

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i also want Eye candy

 

[Gigacore]

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Mint

where is Ubuntu GG in the list?

 

[azzu]

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I dont av UB GG

do MINT hav COMPIZ , BERYL ??

 

[Gigacore]

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ok. . . . Mint is fine. . it has beryl.

 

[azzu]

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which packages can we install on MANRIVA .deb or rpm ??

 

[Kiran.dks]

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Beryl & Compiz have merged. Then why is it that MINT is shipping both separately? It adds confusion to new comers.

 

[azzu]

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so shud i go for Mint ??

 

[QwertyManiac]

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Yes go for it, would perhaps be easy for you. But its no use if you don't put in an effort to get adjusted.

 

[azzu]

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^^^ yup
but QWERTy sir iam very very new to all these thing's
didnt even know wat is a KONSOLE
so how wud i know the some thing soft converting the packages
ok leave it
so guys ....
i also dont want to download anything (xcept messennger etc..)
it shud be able to plat DVD's music etc..
i thught Mandriva got all thoose

 

[Gigacore]

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then i would suggest you to go for UBUNTU. you can learn new things easily in Ubuntu

 

[QwertyManiac]

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Mint has codecs I heard. Which is why I suggested you that (Not the light version). But if its Mandriva you wanna go with, all the same. It all boils down on getting used to something new. And yes, Messengers come bundled along.

 

[azzu]

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iam presently on Ubuntu but it doesnt hav the all necessary codecs
and i hav Dailup

yup my main Reason is i shud not dowload anything
it shud contain al necessary softs codecs etc
which packages can we install on MANRIVA .deb or rpm ??

 

[Gigacore]

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Then go for MINT . . . its like using Ubuntu with all codecs inbuilt. it has Ubuntu human theme too

 

[Asfaq]

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Use mint. Since you are on dialup, this is the most suited OS, it'll also automatically mount and read/write ur NTFS partitions!

 

[azzu]

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and DVD's can i watch them and MPEG's etc...??
r we getting VIXTA n nxt months DIGIT ?

 

[Kiran.dks]

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Since you are new to linux, I suggest to go for Ubuntu. Ubuntu has large community and forums through which you can get solutions to problems easily. Mint doesn't have such a big community.