Any good distros besides Ubuntu

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Yeah, and let us know what you think. A sober second thought is useful to those of us that like linux a little too much.

I also vote for Linux Mint. It's based on Ubuntu and comes with all the multimedia codecs already installed so you're ready to go. It can also use Ubuntu repositories, so there's alot of great software to choose from.

Im a big believer in the Knoppix DVD distro. Most people only think of it as a live dvd distro.. but it makes for a good hd install too.

I thought it was a pain to install new stuff? Its not really meant for that.

5 DVD'S, darn my older computer ony has a CD-RW drive. It has no DVD drive what so ever!! !

I downloading Linux Mint 6 Main Edition right now. Does the main edition came with Xfce Desktop and if not is it hard to set up.
Also I already have a computer with 2 hard drives. One with 98SE & one with XP. Any easy way tocreate a 15GB Partition without corrupting/messing with the other 2 OSe's.

Why I ask is because my computer is old & probaly can't run what it comes with.[ Which is probalt GNOME.]

So will Linux Mint Standard Edition run on my hardware.

its not that much of a pain... its as simple as typing sudo knoppix-installer once you have it on dvd... actually, they have a cd version as well. But it doesnt have nearly as much content(obviously). Its really just another version of Debian though, underneath it all.

This will help you pick a distro: http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/

Here are a few OS's for me to try out when I bother to try other OS's in vm's again: The Sidux Linux distribution , OpenSolaris, Nexenta OS ( http://www.nexenta.org/os ), Geekware aka Slackware (I was so close to trying that out properly on my old PC in a VM, but then it became barely useable, because of hardware that had gone bad.), ArchLinux, FreeBSD, PC BSD, and Open BSD. I suppose I should also try Gentoo properly in a virtual machine, instead of from some Live DVD that came with a Linux magazine. I didn't even know how to install programs into the running Gentoo from the Live DVD, that had a few distros and stuff on it.

No, the main edition is just GNOME. On the download page, scroll down and you'll see a community-maintained XFCE edition.

install Mint then follow these instructions.

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/xfce

if it wont boot gnome, then when grub is booting, select recovery mode from that and go to command line. type sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

Quick question, how to you get rid of the Filters search bos in linux mint. It is annoying me.

To the OP: if you're looking for a distribution of linux that is easy to use try Linux Mint. It's based off of ubuntu and so far i have had little trouble getting around in the OS and getting things to work properly. If you need to install anything you can just look it up in the software portal or synaptic package (there is no Command Line Interface involved!) manager and install it with a few clicks of the mouse. As far as hardware detection goes i havent had any problems with USB flash drives or other devices such as my ipod. Oh yea amarok is available in the software portal as an application and rythmbox is installed by default for MP3's.
Sincerely:
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I haven't used IE since 2004 when Firefox was released. Even as a Microsoft Fanboy I say IE sucks.

Yes your message is to do with my signature. The dump IE article I link to is great. I wonder if my signature will help people convert to another browser ideally Firefox, or maybe even better change from Windows to Ubuntu or a derivative.

I used Mozilla Suite since version 1.5 maybe 1.4. Then later started using Mozilla Firefox 0.8 and it's been my primary browser since. My parents, (and older brother to I think he hardly went on that computer), had been using the Mozilla Suite for a while as well, before I got them and my older brother to use Mozilla Firefox. I also use other good Linux distro browsers every now and again. Pre Firefox 1.0 releases go back quite a long way. The program was originally called Phoenix, got renamed to Mozilla Firebird, and then once again to Mozilla Firefox.

Being a Microsoft fan boy is not a good thing. To be a true Microsoft fan boy you would have to be madly in love with any version of Vista. Have you even used Vista? If so which version?

True Microsoft fan boys that are also gamers own an Xbox and think they are amazing.

Vista sucks and I would not recommend it. Even as a fanboy I have to admit to Microsoft rushed Vista to release. Hell, Vista was still in Beta when Microsoft released it and still is now.

Vista Business however is the one I hate the least. Its more lean, has the stuff that power-users need and not all that Media Center bloat.

However I will recommend Windows 7 which is coming out this year. I've been using the Beta and heres what i found.

1] It Fast
2]Boots up faster than any other version of Windows &/or other Operating Systems. Boot ups are sometimes even half the speed of XP.
3]Superior driver compatibility. Compatible w/ Windows 2000, XP, Vista & Windows 7 drivers. Just in case nobody made a Windows 7 driver or one that is too glitchy.
4]Most Compatible version of Windows ever. Great program compatibility has made me utter in joy. Backwards compatibility all the way back to Windows 3.

Then again over 300 of Windows 7's features or from linux. [Mostly Debian.]