TaNgY

Hi

Im looking for a good all around distro to begin with and to learn
linux i had a play with yellowdog on my ps3 a year or 2 ago and
i dropped it without understanding it but now i want to do it
again but do things properly what have i got to be afraid of really right ?

so i was wondering if i could get some feed back on some distros ive been
looking at Debian and gNewSense atm and any feed back would be good

Thanks

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Tator Tot

I would suggest Fedora 11 or Ubuntu 9.04 (Note: 9.10 comes out in 11 days).

Both are great Distro's with huge support teams, and friendly communities that many members on OCN are familiar with as well, so getting help shouldn't be a problem.

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For starters, like tater suggested, give Ubuntu a shot first. If you want to dive even deeper, you can try a distro like Debian.

If you want minimalist, cause even Ubuntu can feel bloated after using one of these, Arch or Gentoo are worth trying.

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TaNgY

im going to try out Ubuntu im just burning the iso then ill go fo gold :P

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TaNgY

installed and running just wondering if there are any programs that you recommend having?

also are there any good monitoring programs like for my GPU and main components like everest ?
cheers

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lm-sensors will allow for monitoring motherboard sensors. I *think* it is already installed. Open up the terminal and type:

If you see a read-out it is probably already installed. All you need at this point is a GUI for monitoring.

If you don't see a read-out, then you can try running:

from the command terminal. Follow all the prompts and it will set it up for you.

Again, once that is done you will need a GUI front-end that you can place on your desktop. Many people use Conky scripts, but since I am not a Gnome user, I can't help you with that.

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