On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Richard Creighton
wrote: OpenSUSE is without a doubt, the overall best distribution currently available EXCEPT that for the novice, it takes way too much knowledge to make it work "just like Windows". I think you are looking for something else TO START, and once you get your feet wet, gain experience, you will probably migrate toward openSUSE simply because it is so complete, but it is not a good starting point. /snip/ http://pclosmag.com/ I am first times heard about this OS, PCLinusOS. Ok, I would see that, It should read PCLinuxOs, with an x. (Richard made a typographical error, as we all do sometimes.) You may see the abbreviation PCLOS, also. but regarding it I have some doubts:-
1. For the persons of different jobs (like me), would it (PCLinusOS) be supported well? Means afters installation if problem comes, should I see the sites' help and there I would be supported.
Today evening, my friend told me that he would be coming my home with the Fedora 10 book (he has bought but didn't use it, not a computer professional but a general store manager).
2. This book of F10 would help me in case if I am going with a simpler OS like PCLinusOS. As someone told kernels (must be part of OS) are same in majority of the Linux distros, I guess this book might help me in basics.
and PCLinuxOS for anyone that is a 'newbie' or is generally outside of range of normal help channels or just wants 'Windows' without the hassle and cost and insecurity or older machines, not well supported by some of the other modern distributions. I use it on my older machines too because it 'just works' and has a smaller footprint so it is great for a lot of my own uses as well<grin>. I would like to emphasize "just works." --doug So ultimately it could be a very good choice as an initiation in Linux.
Frankly speaking, I get very less time in learning or at computers, but ***WHENEVER I GET*** I needed an OS (in Linux) which could be good to start, even if I sit sometimes at the box or other. For all this, as you say, this would be a good choice.
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:41 AM, David C. Rankin
wrote: You are in the right place. Linux will do all you want and much much more that you haven't even thought of yet. Really nice to know that.
For a beginner, Linux has a learning curve just like everything else. Take a little time to learn, and you will be up and running in no time. After you have learned, give back to the community in the form of helping the next newcomer you come across. Why not, sure.
As for which distro? All distros share a common kernel and core packages. The primary difference is how the different distros package Linux and the tools they provide to make things easier (or harder at times) on new users. OpenSuSE is a great place to start. I'm sure RedHad/Fedora, Ubuntu, Gentoo, Mandriva, etc.. all do a good job, but, notwithstanding a few speed bumps along the way, SuSE/OpenSuSE has been a user friendly solid choice as a Linux distribution for <snip>
Okay so over all open SUSE is good, but as Richard points, PCLOS, is the one for novices and then after having a very basic grip, I can switch to Open SUSE, wouldn't it be better than the case if I directly go with Open SUSE. (However for any distro it would take me a long time, as computers work not a regular work for me).
One other comment: I wish they had a mailing list, but they don't--they say they do, but the last posts were over a year ago. They use a forum format instead. The answers on the forum are pretty quick, but to have to go there is a PITA. They don't have a mailing list support, but only the online tutorials? The line about not having a mailing list applies to PCLinuxOs. I'm not sure whether they have an on-line tutorial. Ubuntu has excellent on-line tutorials, but they're the only one I know of for sure that has. As mentioned in my original reply, I chose PCLinuxOs. (I ran RedHat and Suse versions in
On 01/21/2011 03:46 AM, Parshwa Murdia wrote: the past, and gave up Suse when none of the versions up to 10.3 would play sound for me.) If you are coming from Windows, I agree with Richard that PCLos is an easier transition. I believe that it will do everything that Opensuse will do, except for its display, and I think it does it more easily. You might also like to look at Zorin-os-4-core-32. It comes from Ubuntu, but has been reworked to have several selectable GUIs, one of which is designed to look and work very much like Windows XP. It also goes the forum route, unfortunately, but it's very new, and may change. For something as new as it is (altho it does come from Ubuntu) it is remarkably bug-free. I don't know if Richard mentioned it, but just about every modern version of Linux comes on a live/install disk, which means that you can run the basic operating system right off the CD without installing it at all, right on your Windows computer. Just set the BIOS to boot off a CD before the HD. For the price of half a dozen CD blanks, you can try 6 Linux distros, and get a good feeling for how you like each one. If you decide you do like one better than the rest, just put the CD back in, and run the install routine. (They will all allow you to keep your Windows in addition to Linux, as far as I know.) --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org