Nemesi Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Well, has been a long long time since the last time I used Linux on my "home" pc: I removed it due to lack of free space on my HD, now I have 10GB free and I'd like to use it again. I used Knoppix (for learning programming without installing Linux), Red-Hat (still alive on Univ PCs), Fedora Core (at home), and now I was going to use Gentoo. Now I'm asking you if you have suggestion about a particular distro to try... I liked FC, but I don't want again a "huge" version (I mean when I used FC it was 4cds and I used very few of it, and even if they were new a lot of programs were out of date...and I spent hours updating them)...I just would like a "light" version, with basic stuff (then I'll search things that I eventually need...) Thanks a lot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svip Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Ubuntu is one CD. Slackware is two CDs. I don't know, I like both, I use both. Oooh. That is what I'd like to add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bond996 Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Ubuntu is one CD. Slackware is two CDs. I don't know, I like both, I use both. Oooh. That is what I'd like to add. I second ubuntu. I just didn't like Fedora or Mandrake. They're too bloated now, and include too much stuff. I love ubuntu, and debian. Gentoo takes too long to compile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesi Posted February 19, 2006 Author Share Posted February 19, 2006 I love ubuntu, and debian. Gentoo takes too long to compile. Indeed. I tried Gentoo: after two hours of installing/complilingandotherstuff everything seemed fine. I tried to boot and I got a Kernel Panic. I erased everything. Now I've installed Ubuntu...Looks really nice...I'm trying to install the Kubuntu for Ubuntu, 'cause I prefer KDE...but if I don't succeed I'll use Gnome as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waste Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 I love ubuntu, and debian. Gentoo takes too long to compile. Indeed. I tried Gentoo: after two hours of installing/complilingandotherstuff everything seemed fine. I tried to boot and I got a Kernel Panic. I erased everything. Now I've installed Ubuntu...Looks really nice...I'm trying to install the Kubuntu for Ubuntu, 'cause I prefer KDE...but if I don't succeed I'll use Gnome as well... You can just use the package manager to do that. It's how I got KDE on my Ubuntu install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bond996 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I love ubuntu, and debian. Gentoo takes too long to compile. Indeed. I tried Gentoo: after two hours of installing/complilingandotherstuff everything seemed fine. I tried to boot and I got a Kernel Panic. I erased everything. Now I've installed Ubuntu...Looks really nice...I'm trying to install the Kubuntu for Ubuntu, 'cause I prefer KDE...but if I don't succeed I'll use Gnome as well... You can just use the package manager to do that. It's how I got KDE on my Ubuntu install. I personally loved KDE and refused to use GNOME when Fedora swapped to it, but since I used ubuntu back when it was 4.10, there was no good KDE for it, and Kubuntu took a while to come about, so I learned to love GNOME. It really is better in my opinion. It's a much cleaner interface for all sorts of things compared to KDE.Give GNOME a try, and if it doesn't work, use Kubuntu instead of KDE ontop of Ubuntu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesi Posted February 21, 2006 Author Share Posted February 21, 2006 I personally loved KDE and refused to use GNOME when Fedora swapped to it, but since I used ubuntu back when it was 4.10, there was no good KDE for it, and Kubuntu took a while to come about, so I learned to love GNOME. It really is better in my opinion. It's a much cleaner interface for all sorts of things compared to KDE.Give GNOME a try, and if it doesn't work, use Kubuntu instead of KDE ontop of Ubuntu. Actually I'm using Gnome...I dediced to gave it a shot and now I like it... Do you know how to put a "link" to an application into the "Applications" menu? Is it like putting link into other paths (ln -s)? If yes, which is the path of "Aplications" menu? Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svip Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Just right click it, and select "Edit Menu". It shouldn't be THAT difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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