[SOLVED] Recommend me a distro!

[crimesaucer]

In my opinion, Arch's wiki is very straightforward, so it should be easy to follow through the install.

I agree. The wiki is full of good info... but for the install it almost has too much info and it's easy to get confused with the ftp install, installing from within another distro...etc...


...plus, if you're not familair with all of the config files that you must do by hand, then it's nice to see it in a screenshot guide like the one I posted above.


The link in my post above is pretty damn good, and included some steps that weren't in the Arch wiki (that were needed)... and it made it really easy for me.


Once you get it installed, everything else is handled really good in the wiki.

[LookTJ]

I agree. The wiki is full of good info... but for the install it almost has too much info and it's easy to get confused with the ftp install, installing from within another distro...etc...

But the link in my post above is pretty damn good and was easy for me.


Once you get it installed, everything else is handled really good in the wiki.

Thanks, I have bookmarked it in my del.icio.us.

[forrestcupp]

If Kubuntu is too complicated and you couldn't get PCLinuxOS to work, I don't know what to tell you.

You'd better just stick with Xubuntu if it worked for you.

[RAV TUX]

If Kubuntu is too complicated and you couldn't get PCLinuxOS to work, I don't know what to tell you.

You'd better just stick with Xubuntu if it worked for you.

Xubuntu is awesome, I am using OzOs on a Xubuntu base.

This would be my suggestion for you also.

(see the link in my sig)

[Lostincyberspace]

You could try Cent Os or just go to distrowatch.com and try the ones in the news like I do.

I also kind of like geubuntu

[crimesaucer]

Xubuntu is awesome, I am using OzOs on a Xubuntu base.

This would be my suggestion for you also.

(see the link in my sig)

I loved xubuntu. If I wasn't using Arch with xfce4.4.2... I would be using xubuntu. (or sidux)

[sstusick]

If you haven't tried Ubuntu with Gnome, give it a try.

[mthakur2006]

thanks guys for all the responses.
my goals are:
none. except perhaps that a fast and modern distro (puppy is fast but i can't figure out how to safely install it to my hard drive and i want something more modern looking). i just got some free time and i want to try out some distros. i tried arch, but it just hangs when i detects my wireless card and then nothing happens. I tried everything including passing different parameters and burning at a slow speed but it didn't work but never mind.
i have found out zenwalk.
installing it now
i will keep you posted
mthakur2006.

[rsambuca]

thanks guys for all the responses.
my goals are:
none. except perhaps that a fast and modern distro (puppy is fast but i can't figure out how to safely install it to my hard drive and i want something more modern looking). i just got some free time and i want to try out some distros. i tried arch, but it just hangs when i detects my wireless card and then nothing happens. I tried everything including passing different parameters and burning at a slow speed but it didn't work but never mind.
i have found out zenwalk.
installing it now
i will keep you posted
mthakur2006.

Thanks for wasting all of our time! 27 posts of ideas and you pick one that nobody mentioned. What you will find is that other than the package manager, basically they are all the same. I think your time would be better spent learning the different Desktop Environments and Window Managers.

[qazwsx]

Debian unstable. Bleeding edge stuff is cool and exciting
If you can handle it is pretty stable.