im a newbie to dis group. im currently using winXP n iwld like to
change to Linux. bt the thing is i dnt knw much about linux n i would
like to hear how to get the correct distro i want and how go by the
installation.

im a home user n do a lotta browsing. i also play a lot of games.
Please instruct.

Prozac

I think you need to lay off the Prozac and pick up a dictionary.

On that special day, prozac, ((E-Mail Removed)) said...

> im a newbie to dis group. im currently using winXP n iwld like to
> change to Linux. bt the thing is i dnt knw much about linux n i would
> like to hear how to get the correct distro i want and how go by the
> installation.
>
> im a home user n do a lotta browsing. i also play a lot of games.
> Please instruct.

Well, to download Knoppix, you'll first learn some better English.

http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html

This distro is a good way to check whether you can handle Linux at all.
Download the image, burn it to a cdrom, pop it into the drive, start
the computer from this drive, and see how you can get to terms with it.

Knoppix uses the KDE interface. There is another one, Gnome; and you
can switch to the latter if you like (and have your memory used up even
more . Play around with it for a while, and check it out. It is all
free.

Knoppix is based on Debian. There are other branches, like the SuSE
distritbution, and (formerly) RedHat, that mutated into -
whatsitsnameagain?


Gabriele Neukam

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On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 06:36:29 -0700, prozac wrote:

> im a newbie to dis group. im currently using winXP n iwld like to
> change to Linux. bt the thing is i dnt knw much about linux n i would
> like to hear how to get the correct distro i want and how go by the
> installation.
>
> im a home user n do a lotta browsing. i also play a lot of games.
> Please instruct.
>
> Prozac

If you can run XP your hardware is good enough to handle any current
distro. You might want to try Mepis, which aims to be accessible to
newbies while still being a good all-around distro; it is Debian based.

http://www.mepis.org/

It is also a live CD. Meaning that you can download it and burn it to CD,
then run it from the CD without installing it. If it plays well with your
hardware, and you like it, you can go ahead and install it to your
hard drive. Someone else recommended Knoppix, which is just as good, but
not really designed to be installed.

However, I really think you should stick with XP, especially if you play a
lot of games.

Andy