Linux noob..which distro recomendations

Agitator · 28 Jan 2010 at 16:39

Hi all ,
i'm a Linux newbie and have only tried Linux Mint Felicia,can you guys recomend a the easiest distro for me to learn with.I will be using it online for browsing downloading and watching movies listening to music.
Cheers in advance..

PermaBanned · 28 Jan 2010 at 17:21

Linux Mint Helena? Doesn't get much easier than that...

Slitaz is really simple but i doubt it's what you're looking for.

ChrisGreen1993 · 28 Jan 2010 at 17:25

You could try Ubuntu, which Mint is based on.

craptakular · 28 Jan 2010 at 18:24

opensuse, fedora, mint, ubuntu, pclinuxOS, mandriva

Download them all, try them all, pick the one YOU like best m8.

PermaBanned · 28 Jan 2010 at 18:46

You can't really put Fedora on a list without Debian...

Hoodlum · 28 Jan 2010 at 19:22

Superewza said:
You can't really put Fedora on a list without Debian...

Depends, has Debian has got a proper graphical installation yet? I really think that's essential for a newbie. (no, I haven't used it in a long time).

PermaBanned · 28 Jan 2010 at 19:34

gam3r · 28 Jan 2010 at 19:36

Probably Ubuntu or Mint.

Hoodlum · 28 Jan 2010 at 19:41

fair enough

I wouldn't recommend fedora or debian regardless for a newbie personally though.

quackers · 28 Jan 2010 at 23:58

I've been using linux for about a year now and I've found the transition from Windows to Linux fairly easy using Ubuntu.

Agitator · 29 Jan 2010 at 10:02

Cheers guys , like I said ive tried mint felicia , which I quite like and i'm just d'loading ubuntu 9.10 now . Will see how that feels.

gam3r · 29 Jan 2010 at 11:00

Agitator said:
Cheers guys , like I said ive tried mint felicia , which I quite like and i'm just d'loading ubuntu 9.10 now . Will see how that feels.

Essentially they are the same - Mint is based on Ubuntu with a few extra things bolted on. Also Mint comes with some restricted codecs pre-installed so for multimedia it may be better out of the box.

PermaBanned · 29 Jan 2010 at 16:50

Yeah, with Mint 8 it's easier coming from windows if not just for the single 'toolbar'.

steve-h · 30 Jan 2010 at 03:14

Personally I would suggest Ubuntu while you learn how to use linux. Easy to install... fairly easy to get used to, great for learning the basics.

UncleBensSauce · 30 Jan 2010 at 13:05

OpenBSD

FoxEye · 31 Jan 2010 at 18:50

Start with one of the LiveCDs... you don't want to install anything yet!

I started with Mepis, which was very newbie friendly.

subbass · 1 Feb 2010 at 18:12

Linux Mint is easy as it gets to be honest

Aleksandrs · 6 Feb 2010 at 06:22

Another vote for Ubuntu here!

bledd · 6 Feb 2010 at 13:09

linux mint, everything just works

I'm the sort of user that doesn't want to faff around in command prompt -a stubborn windows user I guess. Linux Mint is awesome

.Simon · 6 Feb 2010 at 13:19

Start with Ubuntu, then progress to Debian when you're familiar with how it works for a bit of a challenge.