anarchtic Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Ive got a blank cd and I want to put linux on my computer, I dont know what distro to get, I want to have a full gui that looks good but I want to run a web server that has php and mysql as well, can anyone make some recomendations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Ubuntu FreeBSD DesktopBSD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Ubuntu is my favorate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Mischif Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 FreeBSD He said full GUI. I haven't even figured out how to get X running right yet, and it's been two weeks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 su pkg_add -r xorg rehash xorg --configure cp xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf pkg_add -r gnome (or kde or both) rehash then configure which you want to use per user Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Mischif Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 supkg_add -r xorg rehash xorg --configure cp xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf pkg_add -r gnome (or kde or both) rehash then configure which you want to use per user Where's the source location for them? Also, every time I try to start X, it throws an error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Where's the source location for them? Also, every time I try to start X, it throws an error. You just said "It's broken, how do I fix it?!" lol You might want to try posting the xorg log file, which is located at /var/log/Xorg.0.log usually, file name may vary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Mischif Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Man, I'm trying to install FreeBSD, but it's telling me that my Geometry is wrong, and I copied it from what my BIOS says! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 When you load the partition manager you should just have to press A and Q twice... automatically set the disks up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Mischif Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 When you load the partition manager you should just have to press A and Q twice... automatically set the disks up... Key word being should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Man, I'm trying to install FreeBSD, but it's telling me that my Geometry is wrong, and I copied it from what my BIOS says! Ye, you have a Seagate drive don't you? I'v noticed this with a couple of Seagate's drives... there is no fix (as far as I can tell) for the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anarchtic Posted November 13, 2006 Author Share Posted November 13, 2006 Back to the point, can someone tell me what distro to use that comes with a nice gui, and runs a web server with php and mysql so i can start a web portal like joomla and if so instructions on how to set it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 The bottom line really is that your requirements, as far as Linux and *BSD are concerned, are very low. Pretty much *ALL* include a package for Apache, PHP and MySQL. Pretty much *ALL* come with the X.org window environment and if you head on over to themes.freedesktop.org (off the top of my head. Too lazy to check) or some similar site you can make the environment look whatever way that pleases you. The only thing I would suggest, since you appear to be rather hell-bent on doing everything from the GUI (which is bad, but you'll figure that out eventually yourself), is to work with KDE. It's heavy and takes a while to load, but you'll get a fairly Windows-like experience. For ease of installation and future maintenance, I would recommend you run any Debian-based Linux (*buntu or just plain Debian plus a ton of others I haven't tried myself). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Mischif Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Man, I'm trying to install FreeBSD, but it's telling me that my Geometry is wrong, and I copied it from what my BIOS says! Ye, you have a Seagate drive don't you? I'v noticed this with a couple of Seagate's drives... there is no fix (as far as I can tell) for the problem. I've got a 40GB WD drive and a 60GB Deathstar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 You could try fedora. It's quite easy to use. I gess Suse could work too. probably Mandriva Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ABC Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Ive got a blank cd OMG Really .. I'm VERY jealous =P ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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