RogueHart Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 what is your personal preference for linux distro's? got to hang out with my stepdad for the first time in about 3 years (hes military) and he is the kind of person who buys a lot of software and stuff and doesnt do any warez whatsoever. but he said he was gonna get a new hdd for his desktop and turn put linux on his old one. ive been thinking about partitioning my hdd in this laptop and dual booting linux. so what distros do you use other than backtrack. and a side question. never partitioned a drive. it is possible to remove the partition and return a hdd to its original state without wiping out the data right? i dont mean resizing the partition i mean removing it. like if i took about 20 gigs and made it a linux partition then i decided i wanted to go back to windows or i got a new linux system. could i remove the partition and return to having a full hdd again edit if it helps suggesting any (if your going to make suggestions in your post) im going to use it mostly for development and programming. while my stepdad is military intelligence and does a lot of work in word. but he also uses his comp heavily for gaming, music, movies, ect, ect. edit ive got a dr.dos cd and this is also an off topic question but would it work well for the partitioning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleBerries Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 You can always delete a partition, my require a little technical whimsy but the data isnt wiped either. It should still be recovered until you write over it. The first linux distro I played with was slax, then i went to fedora and now im pretty much a ubuntu fan, linux mint atm. I am really happy with this distro and the great hardware support.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueHart Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 You can always delete a partition, my require a little technical whimsy but the data isnt wiped either. It should still be recovered until you write over it. The first linux distro I played with was slax, then i went to fedora and now im pretty much a ubuntu fan, linux mint atm. I am really happy with this distro and the great hardware support.. ive heard a lot from ubuntu. the only thing ive used so far is the knoppix live distro. one of the old cdr sized ones. always enjoyed using it since it was great for dev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pants123 Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Archlinux is ftw. Though it can be a bitch to set up, especially if you have poorly supported hardware (like the Macbook I have). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shido Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 i would go for ubuntu its all rounded its got a nice interface and theres tons of stuff you can do with it. As for the partitioning if you mean you want to resize a partition then yes you can and nothing should go wrong unless you mess too much around with partition tables Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neinsager Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Mint if you want a simple (windows look a like) Linux Os. If you want a distro that keeps it self more up to date than Ubuntu is your Linux Os If you want 2 play just (Windows based) Games you just got to stay with Windows. Gerard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakey Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 fedora 9 ftw!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleBerries Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 fedora 9 ftw!!! Fedora is an awesome distro, but with my limited knowledge I keep fucking everything up. I do have the "Linux for dummies" book that has 8 on it i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansichild Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I tend to like Debian. Backtrack3 comes in handy. I love to see smart peoples homebrew setups, always gives me great ideas. I don't like Fedora 9, it seems I always have extreme difficulties in doing simple things like configuring the network. Frustrates me to the point of not using it, because I don't have as much time to waste these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I dont tend to use linux, I generally use FreeBSD with Linux-Binary Compatibility turned on and X + KDE. What distro you choose really depends on what you want to do. Ubuntu is for general computer usage (Web Browsing, Email, IM, Word Processing etc) Ubuntu Studio comes in handy if you are a media guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueHart Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 there are so many distributions of linux because the code its built on is freely available right? where? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenzer Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 there are so many distributions of linux because the code its built on is freely available right? where? lol http://www.kernel.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueHart Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 http://www.kernel.org/ thanks. ive always wondered how youd go about coding an os. anyway im giving ubuntu a shot. wondering if it can stack up against knoppix :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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