Brand New and wondering what to do

dakine320 · n00b Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 3

Im getting very tired of windows and ive been looking at runinng linux on my desktop and im wondering whats the best distro to use for a beginner i will also be doing quite a bit of gaming and im wondering is gentoo right for this or sould i try something else?

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playfool · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 7:15 pm Post subject:

If you decide on trying Fedora you are most welcome to PM or mail me if you need help. Gaming might be hard, there's really not a fit all solution to running your Windows games reliably under Linux - things like WINE and Cedega work for a number of popular games but has never done much for my existing collection. There are a number of really good entirely free games you can install which would be my suggestion while you are learning, maybe dual booting Windows to have a platform where you know your games work while we are getting your Linux skills built up.

dakine320 · n00b Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 3

I konw i can use cedaga and wine ( i play wow and Counterstrike) i tyred the gentoo live cd but for some reason i could not emerge gnome due the the fact that i dont have a net conection i did the networkless (its a joke) i will admit this i lied when i was in colege i used the Scratch distro for about an hr or so but im looking to try new stuff mostly and i really hate microsoft...

i92guboj · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:10 pm Post subject:

I like debian, ubuntu, archlinux and knoppix. I would stay away from fedora or mandr-whatever, they really suck (in my humble opinion, of course

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dakine320 · n00b Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 3

ok thank you all for your input

sonicbhoc · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:31 pm Post subject:

If you don't want to spend time building and learning about your computer (when I say "time" I mean it usually takes 2 days to get a working system if you do everything perfectly, you'll probably spend half a week learning the system), and you want to get away from Windows, I'd recommend PCLinuxOS. But I think Gentoo is better. Just feeling the thrill of getting that system up and running the first time... The feeling of accomplishment, along with the vast store of knowledge you gain and total control you get over your PC, is awesome.
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