Which linux

I just bought a new 1 Terabyte external hard-drive, and since I don't really feel like buying the new Windows, I'm thinking of getting... LINUX. I'm fairly new to it, I've run Virtual Machine with Ubuntu and it was pretty great, but I don't know which distro to install into the drive to boot my comp up with.

Recommendations?

Unless you have the correct drivers to go online with it, don't. I'm serious. Why would you run software on a machine that is incompatible with it?

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What the hell are you talking about?

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Not quite sure what you're getting at

I recommend starting out with something like Ubuntu or Linux Mint. They're user friendly and you'll get adjusted to Linux quickly.

Install OpenBSD.

It depends on what you're going for... Whether you want one for music, work, networking ect...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions This should be able to help maybe, Wikipedia isn't nearly as reliable as some make it out to be but I'm a frequent... Ubuntu is stablest though I think.

Then there's fedora, RedHat, Net BSD, FreeBSD (which is Unix clone...) Ect...

Go for Linux Mint.

Go for Linux Mint.

I recommend Linux Mint. MATE desktop has improved since its inception and it'll be just as easy as Ubuntu. Ubuntu, which basically sends your crap to Amazon now should be shunned. Or if you insist on Ubuntu you should remove unity-lens-shopping.

Check this out..
http://distrowatch.com/

I really feel dumb now... I'm torn between Fedora, Mint, Ubuntu and (not Linux) FreeBSD... Which would be the better choice? I know it all depends upon what exactly I want the system to do...

Help Please? n(-_-;

Fedora is an interesting one and what I've most of experience with. They do have a really nicely done manual that is easy to understand if you're having any issues using it. I've never used Mint but from what I understand is very GUI friendly. Ubuntu has always been a valid first time Linux user's friend but I guess they seem to be sending off information now? which is kinda lame. And I've never touched FreeBSD before.

If your going to go for one of the BSDs and you've never used a unix-like OS before then definitely choose PC-BSD over FreeBSD (it's just FreeBSD but with a whole load of GUI desktop friendly tools thrown in). FreeBSD is like jumping straight into Linux with Arch. My first Unix-like OS was (like many) Ubuntu, and I whole heartedly recommend it as a great way to get into *nix. I slowly distro-hopped my way around the Linux world (going as far as multiple Gentoo installs and a bash at LFS!) and have ended up very happily on OpenBSD. Definitely try both PC-BSD and an Ubuntu based Linux and see which you prefer. If your anything like me you'll just end up distrohopping for the next 2 years anyway! The sooner you start, the sooner you get it out of your system! Whatever you choose to start with, just make sure you keep an open mind, don't expect it to be anything like windows (under the hood), and even though you no longer have to get your hands dirty with the CLI, it is well worth the effort to do it anyway and becomes an extremely rewarding and efficient way to interact with a computer once you get over the intial steep learning curve. Good luck!

Linux Mint

Which desktop in Linux mint? KDE, MATE, Debian? Which one is best in the case of stability?

>I don't know which distro to install
>Recommendations?

Ah, this thread again. I'd recommend either Mint or Fedora. Fedora has a slightly steeper learning curve (you have to answer questions about SELinux and iptables at install time, for example), but it's got cool stuff like chkconfig.

>Which desktop in Linux mint? KDE, MATE, Debian

Debian isn't a desktop environment, it's a distribution of Linux. As for which DE to install... who cares? Hard drive space is cheap; install them all and try them all out. See which one you like. "Stability" isn't really an issue with desktop environments these days.

windows XP

I have linux mint. I tried ubuntu and I hated the UI and the shitty pre installed programs.

I have linuxmint with xfce. \(^_^)/