[FAQ] Which Distro?, Fedora, Mandrake, Gentoo, SUSE, etc.
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  Jun 24 2013, 11:08 PM
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guys/girls, any Linux Distro that is full fledged and text only, no GUI, I might want to setup a practice platform(I have a 10 yo old IBM Thinkpad that is a bit sluggish for Flash heavy/HTML 5 web might as well turn it into text only for learning Linux) for learning Linux command without worry breaking my Linux Box(running Linux Mint) which is used very often by my dad
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Aug 13 2013, 07:50 PM
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QUOTE(serdotlinecho @ Aug 5 2013, 09:39 PM) I will go with Arch linux for text/framebuffer only distro and DIY distro. I like the idea of rolling release distro, latest and new software from upstream. Arch is great if you want new stuff from upstream like systemd. You can live with just using framebuffer shell and avoid that GUI crap. Install terminal multiplexer like Tmux for tabbing/multitasking. Vim for text editor( Hey, hacking your vimrc and install vim plugin is fun!). Mplayer for audio/video playback or MPD client like ncmpcpp for music streaming. Ranger and coreutils for file manager. jfbview to view pdf files and fbi for image viewer. w3m to browse the web. Mountie to mount your extrenal drive. Transmission-daemon or rtorrent for torrenting. Install zsh and make it your default shell, you'll love it I gone Slackware14 and I love it, i beginning to understand why Slackware user never switch, Slackware is 20 years old already and still going strong. I do like Vim over Emacs cuz Vim is found everywhere, but usually Elvis will do. I'm using coreutils as file manager and C language for extra boost  If you want X session, you should go with any tiling window manager like dwm, awesomewm, xmonad, i3wm, monsterwm, wmfs, ratpoison and the list goes on because tiling wm is very lightweight compare to your well known and heavyweight linux desktop enviroment like GNOME, KDE, XFCE, LXDE, Unity etc. Here's a list of applications that you can try: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/List_of_Applications Happy hacking    , links and lynx as web browser but will consider w3m as well, and Bash will do for shell, cuz it is found everywhere again , X session wise I went for KDE, I am KDE fan plus KDE 4 surprisingly run fast on my old laptop. |
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Aug 15 2013, 11:33 PM
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QUOTE(therevulsion @ Aug 15 2013, 11:14 PM) hey guys, im in a bit of dilemma here.. between the 2, CentOS no doubt, it uses the same source code as Red Hat Enterprise Linux which many super computer also use it. My personal opinion is Slackware or Arch Linux, Slackware is Linux in purest form so if you master Slackware(20 years and still strong  for this semester break, i would like to try debian or centos to enhance my knowledge. before this i had been using ubuntu,linuxmint,backtrack which is debian based distros.. meanwhile, i never been using centos which is redhat based distro.. which of these do u think is better / suitable os to master so that it can be useful to get a job ~nearby future? need suggestion. thanks!  )you'll master all Linux distros  , insanely stable but with older packages(usually with Long term support release package), Arch also good alternative to Slackware with better user support, and with newer packages.This post has been edited by Kizarh: Aug 15 2013, 11:33 PM |
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Aug 16 2013, 12:15 AM
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QUOTE(therevulsion @ Aug 15 2013, 11:52 PM) thanks dude, might as well go with slackware.. I have same experience with you in Ubuntu and LinuxMINT, I have a Linux Desktop was installed with Mint and not happy about the configuration part(they hide too many things) so I went back to another of my favorite OpenSUSE stability is also an important thing to me because before this got bad time with ubuntu and linuxmint  i tried arch but i did not seem to liked it. i wanted to try centos because my cousin took a red hat certification last month but failed  currently studying diploma in computer science, wanna be a succesful linux based administrator in nearby future which is also under Slackware Family.This is how Slackware works This post has been edited by Kizarh: Aug 16 2013, 12:26 AM |
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Aug 21 2013, 06:57 AM
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Take a good look at here
SUSE started as German translation of Slackware itself. They changed a lot over time tho This post has been edited by Kizarh: Aug 21 2013, 07:08 AM |
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Nov 14 2013, 10:49 PM
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QUOTE(wcypierre @ Nov 8 2013, 11:25 AM) more friendly in terms of what actually? I've always heard that it is more friendly, and I've used it myself, but I don't feel any differences between the two agreed, it may user friendly on the GUI, but when you start getting deeper, you'll realize Ubuntu/Mint can be very hard. I personally prefer system wide user friendly over just GUI user friendly. |
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Nov 14 2013, 10:59 PM
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QUOTE(ErgoProxi @ Oct 9 2013, 01:12 AM) just some questions: 1) OpenSUSE, YaST2 is uber1. The most user friendly linux OS? 2. which linux OS would you all suggest if I want to play linux and android games? 3. Is there any similar software/apps to Wine ? 2) Any linux will do, just install Steam 3) atm I don't know any, but you can always run Virtual Machine, try Oracle Virtual Box  |
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