| Re: Re: My only Linux regret...
Apr 4 2010 on group The 1 Million Tux Project |
I would strongly suggest you follow the Beginners Guide on the Arch Wiki.
My girlfriend, who had never installed or used a Linux system before, managed to get her laptop installed with Arch and KDE, using only that guide.
It's worth trying, Arch is considerably faster than most distros, and with their modular KDE packages, you only need to install what you need. Arch does not make any assumptions about what the user wants and /or needs. This comes at a price though: you need to get your hands dirty. It's not like installing Ubuntu where after 30 minutes you have a system that is ready to play all your videos and music, browse the web, read your e-mails etc. which comes at a different price: lots of preinstalled applications which you may never use, but cannot remove because other apps depend on them...
That doesn't make Ubuntu bad, it's just a different approach, targetting a different user group. |
|  | | My only Linux regret...
Apr 3 2010 on group The 1 Million Tux Project |
I've been through an endless amount of distros, all offering interesting ideas.
None of them were really bad, some just suited me better than others.
Some try to offer a full integrated desktop experience, similar to XP or OS X, and do an excellent job at it (SUSE, Mandriva), others try to be Windows to make the switch as painless as possible (Xandros), and yet others aim to hand you back full control over your PC by letting you hand pick what you want and don't want to install (Arch Linux).
This is one of the most empowering things I came across when starting out with Linux some 7 years ago. Unlike Windows, if you're not happy with certain aspects of your distro, you can simply look for another one that suits you better.
I have finally settled on Arch Linux, a distro that is most definitely not for everyone, but it fits me like a glove.
I still have a weak spot for Debian though, the distro I started my Linux journey with, and I still run it on my two home servers (Linksys NSLU2).
My only regret is that I didn't take the plunge years earlier... |
| | | My only Linux regret...
Apr 3 2010 on group The 1 Million Tux Project |
I've been through an endless amount of distros, all offering interesting ideas.
None of them were really bad, some just suited me better than others.
Some try to offer a full integrated desktop experience, similar to XP or OS X, and do an excellent job at it (SUSE, Mandriva), others try to be Windows to make the switch as painless as possible (Xandros), and yet others aim to hand you back full control over your PC by letting you hand pick what you want and don't want to install (Arch Linux).
This is one of the most empowering things I came across when starting out with Linux some 7 years ago. Unlike Windows, if you're not happy with certain aspects of your distro, you can simply look for another one that suits you better.
I have finally settled on Arch Linux, a distro that is most definitely not for everyone, but it fits me like a glove.
I still have a weak spot for Debian though, the distro I started my Linux journey with, and I still run it on my two home servers (Linksys NSLU2).
My only regret is that I didn't take the plunge years earlier... |
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