Whats a Good Linux Distro for the n00b windows to linux user

[m0u53]

well i just decided to completly switch to linux but

so i installed ubuntu...and well its slow my computer cant really handle it

does anyone know of a linux distro that is idea for the novice linux user

like something that will help me learn linux

and not a liveCD i had knoppix

it was cool but its only on live

any suggestions would be nice

thanks

[Sparda]

In what way did you Ubuntu make your computer slow?

[m0u53]

idk just everything is just slower then when i had xp

i run firefox and it takes a good 2 min to start up

and everything just lags

and alot of the times i lag

like after i post this firefox will lag

my mouse will freeze and will unfreeze in about a minute

i really liked knoppix even for a liveCD it went faster then ubuntu

i sure i configured everything

and uninstalled Beryl

[Sparda]

What kind of computer do you have?

[m0u53]

i have a

AMD Anthlon  proccesor

256 ram

Radion 9200 Pro

34.8gig hdd

cd-burner

dvd-player

my motherboard is unknown

[VaKo]

Run cpuid (google it) and paste the results here. Do the same with the output from top, iostat, vmstat etc. Somewhere in there will be a large number that will probally be your problem. Ubuntu can be a bit messy on older kit so if your machine falls under a certain threshold then you'll need to look at xubuntu or something along those lines. Redhat based distro's (I like CentOS myself) are pretty newbie proof/easy to use.

[Deveant]

fedora, not as hungry as ubuntu, though with that not as friendly, but it runs well and true.

[metatron]

I'm not a fan of Ubuntu but - http://fluxbuntu.org/ you could also try using http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/ instead of fluxbox it's not hard to do.

[Lord_Rob]

Linux is cool its installs on anything with  basic drivers some times you need to put the right drivers on your system to make it work properly. Thats what happened to me

[subflames]

if i were u i would look into getting a new computer (the computer i pull out of the trash have 256 on them lol) but also i have found live cd's to be very slow but when i have installed them it wasn't 1/2 as bad i personally love Ubuntu i fined it to be an easy and quick fix of an OS when building a crap computer

[m0u53]

dude ive been trying to get a newer/better computer for a very very long time

and as for that command you guys wanted me to run

i decided to instal Ark -linux

but my Konsole will not run it crashes

also this problem i keep having it is literly starting to really really piss me off

my damn moniter will sometimes just shutoff randomly

and no matter what it wont turn on so i have to unplug it and plug it back in

its just AHHHH

ya kno

i was looking at slackware since my dads freind gave me a giant slackware guide

book thingy lol

any other suggestions would be nice as well

[VaKo]

FreeBSD

[elmer]

Xubuntu maybe.

I've heard good things about MEPIS Lite.

[Deveant]

FreeBSD

haha thats the way, jump in the deep end!  :-)

[subflames]

i say go to some collages hop in some dumpsters and get a better computer then go fined the right Linux OS lol

[VaKo]

FreeBSD

haha thats the way, jump in the deep end!  :-)

FreeBSD is simple, and coming from windows I found it to make far more sense than linux. It even has a manual. I will admit that the xorg upgrade is painful but hey. At least its not like ubuntu.