Sarteck
06-21-2006, 08:00 AM
I've fiddled around with Linux in bits and pieces in the past, but for the last week or two, I've been using it full-time. I had been planning on switching back and forth between my Linux and my Windows systems, just so that way I could do the things in Windows that I could not do (or was not comfortable doing) in Linux... But the plain and simple is that I've not really found anything like that. XD
I've been using SuSE during this time, and I'm fairly comfortable with it. It's on my old, crappy, almost shot 40GB Hard Drive, and my Windows is on my fairly old, fairly shot Hard Drive. XD I'm going to be transferring all of the files I want to keep over here to my 40GB, and then install Linux on my main hard drive.
I really thought that it would be a lot more difficult to get the hang of Linux, but it's not. Once you get past the install (which may take a few times for true newbies, but since I'd fiddled around a bit I was able to do it in one try with no trouble) and get the hang of where everything is in the GUI (whichever you choose--I started with GNOME but now I use KDE [and like it more]), it's a lot like Windows. There's also a lot more options for customization to make it look and feel how you want it, something I would not really have thought about Linux, heh. Also, once you get the hang of it, installing things is a heck of a lot easier (and with much more options) than Windows. (Add to that the fact that you never get those annoying "You need to restart your computer" bullshit messages, heh.)
Now, the only problem I have is wondering which flavour I want on my main hard drive. I like SuSE 10.1, but I'm thinking I might go with either the very popular Red Hat, or the distro I used to use, Debian. I kind of understand Debian structure a lot more, so that's probably the way I'll lean...
I want a distro that will function well as a regular desktop for BS things like playing games, browsing Bleach, passing time, etc., but I also want it to run as a decent webserver (and maybe fileserver, as well) with MySQL databases and PHP. Virtually any flavour of Linux can do that, I just want to find the one that does it best. XD
I've been using SuSE during this time, and I'm fairly comfortable with it. It's on my old, crappy, almost shot 40GB Hard Drive, and my Windows is on my fairly old, fairly shot Hard Drive. XD I'm going to be transferring all of the files I want to keep over here to my 40GB, and then install Linux on my main hard drive.
I really thought that it would be a lot more difficult to get the hang of Linux, but it's not. Once you get past the install (which may take a few times for true newbies, but since I'd fiddled around a bit I was able to do it in one try with no trouble) and get the hang of where everything is in the GUI (whichever you choose--I started with GNOME but now I use KDE [and like it more]), it's a lot like Windows. There's also a lot more options for customization to make it look and feel how you want it, something I would not really have thought about Linux, heh. Also, once you get the hang of it, installing things is a heck of a lot easier (and with much more options) than Windows. (Add to that the fact that you never get those annoying "You need to restart your computer" bullshit messages, heh.)
Now, the only problem I have is wondering which flavour I want on my main hard drive. I like SuSE 10.1, but I'm thinking I might go with either the very popular Red Hat, or the distro I used to use, Debian. I kind of understand Debian structure a lot more, so that's probably the way I'll lean...
I want a distro that will function well as a regular desktop for BS things like playing games, browsing Bleach, passing time, etc., but I also want it to run as a decent webserver (and maybe fileserver, as well) with MySQL databases and PHP. Virtually any flavour of Linux can do that, I just want to find the one that does it best. XD