I'm going to be running a linux box soon...

Hey I'm just wondering wut is a good version of linux i should run on my old computer I know a couple liek ubuntu and others thanks.

 

Fedora is good

 

Ok thanks for the reply I'll try it out.

 

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Ubuntu is the best!

 

ok I'm going to try out a couple of these just 1 other question when I burn the iso image to a disk will I have to run when I start my computer up or when xp is already running and I just pop in the disk ?

 

Burn the Ubuntu image on a disk and boot from it.

 

I don't agree.

Ubuntu is good for beginner to intermediate linux users.
Power users will prefer Gentoo or Slackware.
Gentoo is best for geeks (like me)!

If you are a CSE student, you should probably go for Gentoo, as you can compile it from source.

 

I personally prefer Free BSD for power users! Ubuntu is the best when it comes to ease of use. At work I work on CentOS.

 

I have heard a lot about FreeBSD, may be I will try it in near future.

 

I have heard CentOS is best for servers.
Some say Arch Linux is best for power users.

Obviously opinions vary !

 

i have been using fedora for about 2 years now, and i have not had a problem with it. if you have never used a unix system before it will probably take some time to get used to but i think you will probably take a liking to it.

 

Thanks guys for telling me all these different I'm going to try Ubuntu.

 

howz linux mint and red hat?