JimBobIV Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I realize this is formally the Linux help/support subforum, but there are other conversational topics here and this subforum could use some livening up anyways. Mine was DamnSmallLinux in probably 2008; I needed a live OS to boot on an old laptop and recover files. The small size made it one of the only feasible downloads on a dial-up connection, and the low system requirements went well with the 800mhz AMD processor and 128MB of RAM. Nowadays my main distro is Fedora; I had a nice Gnome-Shell Arch setup on my other laptop but it had a catastrophic hardware failure early in the year and had long since gone out of warranty. Nathan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHiLL Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Mandrake (now called Mandrive) was the first I used in about 2007. I never liked it much, so I never used it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridwan sameer Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Ubuntu Was my first, Using some asy dualboot installer for windows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Leigh Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 I started with Ubuntu, just to see what it's all about. Then my Windows died. I couldn't install even Ubuntu. After trying out many distros, I found that Puppy Linux works for me. Now I have Puppy Linux on one partition for most of my work which is mainly surfing the net. Then I have Ubuntu on another partition for learning more about Linux programs. I also have Windows 8 for World of Warcraft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Ubuntu on my own system, and currently centos on my server. Takes some getting used to however I can see the appeal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBobIV Posted June 7, 2012 Author Share Posted June 7, 2012 I started with Ubuntu, just to see what it's all about. Then my Windows died. I couldn't install even Ubuntu. After trying out many distros, I found that Puppy Linux works for me. Now I have Puppy Linux on one partition for most of my work which is mainly surfing the net. Then I have Ubuntu on another partition for learning more about Linux programs. I also have Windows 8 for World of Warcraft. You know, if WoW was absolutely the only thing you used Windows for, you might want tor look at running it under Wine, if you haven't already. From what I've heard (I never really got into WoW) it runs pretty well with only a few bugs. If that works, you could get rid of Windows altogether, although I'm not sure if that's something you're really looking to do, especially if you use Netflix. merlyn73 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 You know, if WoW was absolutely the only thing you used Windows for, you might want tor look at running it under Wine, if you haven't already. From what I've heard (I never really got into WoW) it runs pretty well with only a few bugs. If that works, you could get rid of Windows altogether, although I'm not sure if that's something you're really looking to do, especially if you use Netflix. Wine? This a virtual box type system for linux then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Leigh Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 You know, if WoW was absolutely the only thing you used Windows for, you might want tor look at running it under Wine, if you haven't already. From what I've heard (I never really got into WoW) it runs pretty well with only a few bugs. If that works, you could get rid of Windows altogether, although I'm not sure if that's something you're really looking to do, especially if you use Netflix. I have already tried running World of Warcraft under Wine. It can run but it cannot be played. When I run WoW under Windows 8 on my old laptop with a Celeron 1.2Ghz chip, I can get 30 - 70 fps. When I run WoW under Wine on the same machine, I can get only less than 10fps, which is totally unplayable. So, for the time being, I am stuck with using Windows for WoW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHiLL Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Wine? This a virtual box type system for linux then? Wine is a programme on Linux that allows you to run some Windows applications on Linux. Sounds good, but it's extremely flakey. Only a handful of applications work, and fewer work well. Marc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Will have a play later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlyn73 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Wine is a programme on Linux that allows you to run some Windows applications on Linux. Sounds good, but it's extremely flakey. Only a handful of applications work, and fewer work well. I find that Skyrim works absolutely flawlessly on my install of Wine, but older games do not for some reason. It's like you said, it's hit or miss with that particular application. I work with Ubuntu 11, and have found more and more reasons to stick with it every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talk Tech News Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 For a number of years I was curious about Linux and when I decided to try it I used Ubuntu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Leigh Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 For a number of years I was curious about Linux and when I decided to try it I used Ubuntu. Which desktop environment are you using? What I did was try Lubuntu and Xubuntu and both have things which I wanted. So I ended up with Ubuntu on which I also installed the Lubuntu and Xubuntu desktop environments to get the things I wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Which desktop environment are you using? What I did was try Lubuntu and Xubuntu and both have things which I wanted. So I ended up with Ubuntu on which I also installed the Lubuntu and Xubuntu desktop environments to get the things I wanted. So Im interested. What to they have that makes them better than using ubuntu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersundae Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 First Linux distro was Slackware 98. Back in '98. Over the years, I played with RedHat (later Fedora and CentOS), Debian, DamnSmallLinux, Knoppix, Yellow Dog, Gentoo, SUSE, MEPIS, Ubuntu... just to name a few. FreeBSD/OpenBSD/Open Solaris too, if they count. Since thn, my interest has drifted away from sysadmin/tinkering to "everyday use" (web browsing, gaming) and development (system app, server-side, and mobile). Nowadays I use Linux Mint exclusively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridwan sameer Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Oh did i forge to mention i also toyed with the LimeLinux or something.. I forgot it;s name but it's mascot was a lime or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkGizmo Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 My first dip into Linux was Ubuntu. I've since used different variants of ubuntu, PuppyLinux, Fedora, Mint and Zorin OS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flotwig Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 My dad bought me a CD (you know, the shiny circle with a hole in the middle?) of SuSE Enterprise Linux a while back... I had lots of fun with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Leigh Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 So Im interested. What to they have that makes them better than using ubuntu? You mean Lubuntu and Xubuntu? Well, by default the desktop environment for Ubuntu is Gnome. Lubuntu is Ubuntu using the LXDE desktop environment. Xubuntu is Ubuntu using the XFCE desktop environment. A desktop environment is basically the way that the desktop is organised and also the standard software that is bundled with the DE (Desktop Environment). Both LXDE and XFCE are lightweight DEs. Which means that the DE is not very heavily loaded and the bundled software are the lighter versions. Being lightweight, the whole thing runs more snappily. If you want something that's very complete, then you can install Kubuntu which is Ubuntu with the KDE DE. It's very complete and comes with Konqueror which is a web browser and file manager all-in-one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHTech100 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Ubuntu Server was my first. I have been interested in server administration for the past year or so, but after that I moved to CentOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Leigh Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Ubuntu Server was my first. I have been interested in server administration for the past year or so, but after that I moved to CentOS. Have you considered moving from Centos to Debian? I have read something about Debian being a better choice because it's truly open source whereas Centos is dependent on Red Hat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHTech100 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Have you considered moving from Centos to Debian? I have read something about Debian being a better choice because it's truly open source whereas Centos is dependent on Red Hat. I've tossed around the idea. I play mostly with CentOS because it's more likely that I'll run into it if I get a VPS. Sure, providers give you choice, but I would need cPanel for some things that I just don't know how to do in the command line. cPanel only runs on CentOS, RHEL, and CloudLinux (CentOS with LVE @ kernel level). But I might put it into a VMware machine on my Mac to play around with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Leigh Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I've tossed around the idea. I play mostly with CentOS because it's more likely that I'll run into it if I get a VPS. Sure, providers give you choice, but I would need cPanel for some things that I just don't know how to do in the command line. cPanel only runs on CentOS, RHEL, and CloudLinux (CentOS with LVE @ kernel level). But I might put it into a VMware machine on my Mac to play around with. cPanel? I use that, too. When I get it free together with my shared hosting. When I have to pay for it myself, I don't use it. I had used Kloxo before. Now I am switching to Webmin. Maybe you can try using Webmin, too. It's not that difficult to learn how to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHTech100 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I've definitely heard of Webmin, and I've used it and Virtualmin before. cPanel just has a UI and system that I like. I found cP for $14.95 a month or $170 a year. It's not too bad, considering that buying directly from cPanel is considerably more expensive. I am paying for convenience and a UI that I like. To me, that makes it worth my money. I guess we probably have different views on that . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Leigh Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I've definitely heard of Webmin, and I've used it and Virtualmin before. cPanel just has a UI and system that I like. I found cP for $14.95 a month or $170 a year. It's not too bad, considering that buying directly from cPanel is considerably more expensive. I am paying for convenience and a UI that I like. To me, that makes it worth my money. I guess we probably have different views on that . 14.95usd per month? In that case, my host is selling it very cheaply. I can get cPanel for my vps at 9.99usd per month. I wonder if there is any difference in the versions. Is there such a thing as a cheaper cPanel version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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