Which Distro is the one to go with If one has never dabbled in Linux. Keeping in mind that once I do get the hang of it I can always upgrade to something more advanced. but for now I want to learn which would mean something that is more straight forward and easy to grasp.
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Anybody up to writing good directory software?
Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David JonathanSince the very beginning, directories (of any kind) have had a very central role in the internet. (I have recently grown fond of Free Web Directory. Even Slashdot can be considered a directory: a collection of great news and invaluable user-generated comments. As far as software is concerned, doing a quick search on Google about software directories will return the free (as in freedom) software directories like Savannah, SourceForge, Freshmeat and so on, followed by shareware and freeware sites such as FileBuzz, PCWin Download Center and All Freeware (great if you're looking for shareware and freeware, but definitely less comprehensive than their free-as-in-freedom counterparts).
Is better education the key to finding better software?
Sat, 2007-03-03 03:25 — Edward RusselI read David Jonathon's article Anybody Up To Writing Good Directory Software? the other day, which got me thinking about software directories in general. As David mentioned, many of the software directories one finds when doing a quick google search are free as in beer, not as in freedom. But what interests me is the software directories that already exist, providing a combination of both free as in beer software, and open source software. Sites such as Freeware Downloads and Shareware Download don't advertise themselves as providing free as in liberty software, but each of them have a good selection of open source software available... if you know where to look.
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spikeb
4 years 34 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago
I'd have to go with fedora or ubuntu.
spikeb
4 years 34 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago
the only real gripe I have with
the only real gripe I have with recommending fedora to newbies or the like is that it is a pain in the butt to upgrade
dehumanizer
4 years 34 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago
Slackware, Slackware, Slackware! Did
Slackware, Slackware, Slackware!
Did I mention Slackware? :-)
saftaplan
4 years 34 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago
You can get more advanced with
You can get more advanced with pretty much any distro. I would advise Ubuntu, and if you think you're confident enough with it, try installing Debian, or maybe Gentoo (it's really not that hard if you don't mind reading much).
spikeb
4 years 34 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago
you have an excellent point. gentoo
you have an excellent point. gentoo is not hard at all if you don't mind reading the documentation - it's very very well documented.