locoR1
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| posted on 29/10/08 at 05:06 PM |
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Wanted advice on Linux operating system please
I know nothing about Linux apart from being very impressed with the wife's Acer Aspire One laptop with Linux Lite operating system its so simple
to use!
I have an old PC I plan to use in the garage and would really like to load a similar Linux operating system on that, it has a wireless card so just
Internet playing music and simple stuff required what is available (ideally for free) and where do I find it?
Any advice gratefully received
Cheers Dave....
 
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rodders
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| posted on 29/10/08 at 05:36 PM |
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Hi Dave
I have been using Linux for a few years now and have tried a couple of distros and found the best one, in my opinion, to use is Ubuntu
www.ubuntu.com
This distro is known as Linux for mere mortals.
You can download a file (for free) from the site and put it on a CD that will allow you to try it on your computer without having to install it. If
you do have any problems you can ask on the Ubuntu forums and the guys on there are very knowledgeable and helpful.
Check out the site and most of your questions should be answered.
Cheers
Rhod
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AndyGT
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| posted on 29/10/08 at 05:41 PM |
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Yep, thumbs up for Ubuntu here!! Been using it for three years as can be installed on almost anything.
If its a very old laptop/PC then try an earlier version as the later versions are becoming more and CPU/RAM hungry.
Have had an amd 266MHz 64 RAM laptop running version 6.10. Need any advice, then don't hesitate to U2U me.
btw, Amorak is probably the best media player and of course with all linux distributions it is free to download but the makers would like a small
contribution if you decide to use it on a regular basis.
Good luck!
nothing is impossible
everything is possible
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locoR1
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| posted on 29/10/08 at 07:13 PM |
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Thanks for the reply's its old but was a high spec machine in its time if I remember right 900Mhz with probably around 1 Gb of RAM so should be
ok.
Ubuntu 8.04 is downloading now 
Dave.............
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