Unix/Linux

**Gab250** · 30-07-09, 01:40 AM

Hey, I'm thinking of making my first unix/linux box for a bit of fun, but I'm not sure wich distribution to go for? What would people reccomend? I havent worked out what PC I'll have to put it on yet, But in all likelyhood, a Pentium III will be about the fastest I'll have for it. Any advice would be appreciated.

Gab

**Zero Alpha** · 30-07-09, 12:08 PM

This question gets asked so often its not funny.

Ubuntu is your answer.

**porkop** · 30-07-09, 01:08 PM

I have always been a Rad Hat/Fedora person myself, but it is horses for courses with this topic. Ubuntu does appear to be the newbie's first chooice though.

**sdrambo** · 30-07-09, 08:29 PM

Mandriva for me

**red dwarf** · 30-07-09, 08:35 PM

Kryton is running Slackware, Lister is running Ubuntu but I stick to good old DOS.

A.J.Rimmer

**loanrangiel** · 30-07-09, 08:48 PM

PClos for me.

**Gab250** · 31-07-09, 01:14 AM

Originally Posted by red dwarf

Kryton is running Slackware, Lister is running Ubuntu but I stick to good old DOS.

A.J.Rimmer

What about the cat? What about Holly? and cant forget Christine Kochanski !!

Anyway, looks like I might give Ubuntu a go, or possibly Free BSD....I want something that can run on an old box.

Gab

**amigo1985** · 08-08-09, 10:36 PM

I think the newer distros would probably work better even on an old box. The best thing to do is to grab a few live CD/DVD versions to try out the interfaces to see what you like. Gnome/KDE or even more subtle or even exotic variations. Also helps to check out your hardware to see if there are likely to be any problems. (But I use Ubuntu, mainly because I want to use Mythbuntu because it's so well supported, hope to build a box in the next coupla weeks.)