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"mark" <marknot.TakeThisOut@thisaddress.com> wrote in message
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> goPostal wrote:
>> "sid" <sidshouse.TakeThisOut@thecrap.blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:GADdh.12713$k74.12329@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>>> goPostal wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Mark, where did you go to get started with Linux? I've been banging
>>>> around a bit with the knoppix boot and I'm just about ready to take the
>>>> full plunge.
>>> My recomendation, FWIW, is to try Mandriva, Ubuntu and maybe Suse live
>>> cd's
>>> to see which one you like the feel of. All are available with a quick
>>> google for linux live cd.
>>> After you have tried them out install a couple as well, I don't know
>>> about
>>> Ubuntu but Mandriva will set up a dual boot system without any grief at
>>> all
>>> and again IMHO provides the best graphical tools for setup and sys
>>> admin.
>>>
>>> --
>>> sid
>>> RLU 300284
>>> Mandriva 2007
>>> 2.6.17.13mm
>>
>> Thanks sid! May I also ask where you find the best support at? I can
>> probably guess I'll have a question (or twenty) along the way.
> Most distros have their own support forums. There are also shed loads of
> help pages all over the net. I tried Fedora core for a couple of years and
> I can definitely recommend that you don't go anywhere near it. My advice
> would be Ubuntu. Like most it will setup a dual boot with no problems at
> all. If you go for 6.06 it has LTS (Long Term Support) which is quite
> nice. Most distros (Including Ubuntu 6.10) get updated every 6 months with
> support for 18 months. I think Sid has made the best comment though, go
> get some live CDs. See if they support your hardware. Go here
> http://distrowatch.com/ for links to all distros and a load of information
> on them all. If you do install Ubuntu look for a programme called
> Automatix http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=138405 I promise you
> once that is installed you will wonder why you ever used Windows.
>
> Enjoy

Thanks Mark. I've been playing with Ubuntu for some time now but haven't
actually installed it, just ran the live CD. I'm currently downloading
Mandriva and I plan on doing a dual boot install with it.
You are right too. I'm not technically trained with computers but I
understand the day to day usage and I'm savvy enought to be the "tech
support" for my click. I had no problems at all configuring Ubuntu to work
and it played well with all my stuff. I wonder why I was even tempted to try
Vista now.

goPostal wrote:
> "sid" <sidshouse.RemoveThis@thecrap.blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:GADdh.12713$k74.12329@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> goPostal wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Mark, where did you go to get started with Linux? I've been banging
>>> around a bit with the knoppix boot and I'm just about ready to take the
>>> full plunge.
>> My recomendation, FWIW, is to try Mandriva, Ubuntu and maybe Suse live
>> cd's
>> to see which one you like the feel of. All are available with a quick
>> google for linux live cd.
>> After you have tried them out install a couple as well, I don't know about
>> Ubuntu but Mandriva will set up a dual boot system without any grief at
>> all
>> and again IMHO provides the best graphical tools for setup and sys admin.
>>
>> --
>> sid
>> RLU 300284
>> Mandriva 2007
>> 2.6.17.13mm
>
> Thanks sid! May I also ask where you find the best support at? I can
> probably guess I'll have a question (or twenty) along the way.
>
>
Most distros have their own support forums. There are also shed loads of
help pages all over the net. I tried Fedora core for a couple of years
and I can definitely recommend that you don't go anywhere near it. My
advice would be Ubuntu. Like most it will setup a dual boot with no
problems at all. If you go for 6.06 it has LTS (Long Term Support) which
is quite nice. Most distros (Including Ubuntu 6.10) get updated every 6
months with support for 18 months. I think Sid has made the best comment
though, go get some live CDs. See if they support your hardware. Go here
http://distrowatch.com/ for links to all distros and a load of
information on them all. If you do install Ubuntu look for a programme
called Automatix http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=138405 I
promise you once that is installed you will wonder why you ever used
Windows.

Enjoy