Re: [Wlug] New computer - dual boot - question

As a user of both Gentoo and Fedora/CentOS, I have to agree with Jared and Randall. Fedora is great because it has a nice, simple GUI installer and you can be up and running in under an hour. It's binary packages allow you to update the machine quickly with minimal problems. On the other hand, Gentoo is great at being agile. Basically you download a liveCD, get a tarball of a 90% working machine, and follow their excellent documentation to get your machine installed. There are no versions per se with Gentoo as they do rolling updates. Gentoo is how I learned about the nuts and bolts of GNU/Linux and I still love / use it to this day. Also, I find it very useful for tackling problems in the mainstream binary distributions such as, "Why won't $PROGRAM_X run with $FUNCTION_Y?" Luckily for you, both distributions are highly represented on this list, so I'm sure no matter what you choose somebody will be able to help you out. On 10/12/11 12:54, Jared Greenwald wrote:

Ken,

Can you be more specific about what you mean when you say you want to be more familiar with X?

If you want to learn all about X, I'd suggest Gentoo as it's DIY nature allows you to learn a lot about the underlying components of the OS.

If you just want Linux, then Fedora or Ubuntu work well.

Depends on what exactly you are looking to achieve...

-Jared

On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Ken Jones wrote:

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WLUGers,

I have purchased a new DELL desktop. I want to refamiliarize myself with X. I intend to dual boot the machine. Would my best selection for Linux be Fedora 16 (or whatever they are up to now)? If not, which do you suggest?

Ken Jones

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