Comments on: What is the best linux distribution for learning to use many? http://www.codebrothers.org/what-is-the-best-linux-distribution-for-learning-to-use-many/ Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Pagan Rebirth http://www.codebrothers.org/what-is-the-best-linux-distribution-for-learning-to-use-many/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Pagan Rebirth Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:59:32 +0000 http://www.codebrothers.org/what-is-the-best-linux-distribution-for-learning-to-use-many/#comment-30 Linux truly is a wonderful operating system! If I'm using a PC, I greatly prefer using it to Windows. It's much more stable, secure, etc. But you already knew that. =] Personally, I would suggest you start out with OpenSuSE. It's easy to use, yet it is very powerful. Its installer is also pretty easy. I recommend that because a lot of businesses that run Linux on their client systems use SuSE (the only difference between that and OpenSuSE is that SuSE contains closed-source programs; therefore, you have to pay for that distro). I hope this helps! Good luck! Linux truly is a wonderful operating system! If I’m using a PC, I greatly prefer using it to Windows. It’s much more stable, secure, etc. But you already knew that. =]

Personally, I would suggest you start out with OpenSuSE. It’s easy to use, yet it is very powerful. Its installer is also pretty easy. I recommend that because a lot of businesses that run Linux on their client systems use SuSE (the only difference between that and OpenSuSE is that SuSE contains closed-source programs; therefore, you have to pay for that distro).

I hope this helps! Good luck!

]]> By: Barry http://www.codebrothers.org/what-is-the-best-linux-distribution-for-learning-to-use-many/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Barry Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:59:32 +0000 http://www.codebrothers.org/what-is-the-best-linux-distribution-for-learning-to-use-many/#comment-31 You should download and try Ubuntu You should download and try Ubuntu

]]> By: terrpic http://www.codebrothers.org/what-is-the-best-linux-distribution-for-learning-to-use-many/comment-page-1/#comment-32 terrpic Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:59:32 +0000 http://www.codebrothers.org/what-is-the-best-linux-distribution-for-learning-to-use-many/#comment-32 I would use suse 10.1 now it is easy to use and free to download from: http://www.novell.com/products/suselinux/?sourceidint=productsmenu_linuxprofessional If you want to get it with installation support it costs about £45, but I would guess as you're pretty conversant with windows, suse should be easy to handle, there's a GUI for most of it, which gives you a buffer until you get a handle on linux. Try this pdf for bash scripting:http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/abs-guide.pdf and the linux documentation prject:http://www.tldp.org/ also: http://www.linuxcommand.org/ and http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/command_line_intro?page=0%2C2 I use only Suse linux on both my laptop & desktop, getting on a bit & only been computing for about 7 years so I don't think you'll have much trouble, mail me if you need help. I would use suse 10.1 now it is easy to use and free to download from:
http://www.novell.com/products/suselinux/?sourceidint=productsmenu_linuxprofessional
If you want to get it with installation support it costs about £45, but I would guess as you’re pretty conversant with windows, suse should be easy to handle, there’s a GUI for most of it, which gives you a buffer until you get a handle on linux.

Try this pdf for bash scripting:http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/abs-guide.pdf
and the linux documentation prject:http://www.tldp.org/
also: http://www.linuxcommand.org/ and http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/command_line_intro?page=0%2C2

I use only Suse linux on both my laptop & desktop, getting on a bit & only been computing for about 7 years so I don’t think you’ll have much trouble, mail me if you need help.

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