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    What OS do you prefer?

    I am now using ubuntu 12.04 lts and it seems that ubuntu made me very satisfied, maybe because of its style and features

    but can you suggest another OS that i can install to my other partition? im thinking now of Pear linux ? or maybe windows xp?

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    Re: What OS do you prefer?

    Try Linux Mint 13 KDE, based on Ubuntu / Kubuntu 12.04, but different. Or very different is CrunchBang #!
    Last edited by excollier; May 11th, 2013 at 12:02 PM.

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    Re: What OS do you prefer?

    Try Fedora or openSUSE because they will give you something quite different.

    According to Mutkwear, openSUSE is a elite dsitro, which either means it's very good or that Mutkwear needs to engage more with the concept of proofreading.

    I prefer Fedora but expect to be puzzled how to set up Flash etc.

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    Re: What OS do you prefer?

    If you choose to be advanced ubuntu user try to learn Debian. I think it is valuable to know it because Ubuntu, Mint are derivatives of it.
    Last edited by xoomer.ap; May 11th, 2013 at 12:57 PM.
    Respectfully, xoomer.ap.
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    Re: What OS do you prefer?

    Quote Originally Posted by iamkuriouspurpleoranj View Post

    I prefer Fedora but expect to be puzzled how to set up Flash etc.
    I see this remark all the time when people talk about Fedora.
    The answer however is as easy as this:

    http://www.fedoraforum.org/?view=fedora_setup

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    Re: What OS do you prefer?

    I am a big PCLinuxOS fan because it has worked so many times where other distros have failed me. I always have current applications and I never have to jump through hoops to have things working like they should. Plymouth always displays right and the bfs kernel is great. The PCLInuxOS Team really put a lot of thought and hard work into making PCLinuxOS.

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    Re: What OS do you prefer?

    Quote Originally Posted by Hawk999 View Post
    I see this remark all the time when people talk about Fedora.
    The answer however is as easy as this:

    http://www.fedoraforum.org/?view=fedora_setup
    Don't like encouraging the use of third party software like Easylife.

    How to install Flash on Fedora

    1. Visit http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

    2. Select YUM package from dropdown

    3. Save package

    4. Change to your downloads directory, for example:
    Code:
    cd Downloads
    5. Finally, type the following commands into the terminal

    Code:
    su -c 'rpm Uvh adobe-release.etc.etc.etc.rpm'
    
    su -c 'yum update'
    
    su -c 'yum install flash-plugin' (press "y" when prompted to accept Adobe's key)
    
    su -c 'yum install bsd-games' (optional)

    You can directly install the adobe package from the site via Yumex (and update and install flash-plugin) but I had problems with that for some reason this week, so I don't want to recommend that.

    Not difficult but harder than a tickbox during installation.
    Last edited by iamkuriouspurpleoranj; May 11th, 2013 at 02:11 PM.

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    Re: What OS do you prefer?

    Quote Originally Posted by nsync View Post
    I am now using ubuntu 12.04 lts and it seems that ubuntu made me very satisfied, maybe because of its style and features

    but can you suggest another OS that i can install to my other partition? im thinking now of Pear linux ? or maybe windows xp?
    Since you like Ubuntu, then possibly install Saucy (Ubuntu 13.10) to keep up with changes in Ubuntu. This is a development version that I'm currently testing on a flash drive.
    I've installed Linux Mint 14 also.

    The decision should be based on your purpose of installing another OS.
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    Re: What OS do you prefer?

    Quote Originally Posted by nsync View Post
    I am now using ubuntu 12.04 lts and it seems that ubuntu made me very satisfied, maybe because of its style and features
    Write more concretely what you need.

    FYI, http://distrowatch.com/
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