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What Linux distro should I install?

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10/25/12 at 3:59am
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What Linux distro looks the best, has the best theme support, is customizable, has the most apps and it's easy to use?

This is kind of a separate question: Can Linux be installed on a ssd, and does it have TRIM support?

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post #2 of 5
10/25/12 at 4:02am
Debian version of Linux mint.this being said,look to see if there is a Chinese distro Linux avail in English yet.if there is learn that .
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10/25/12 at 11:35am
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What Linux distro looks the best, has the best theme support, is customizable, has the most apps and it's easy to use?

This is kind of a separate question: Can Linux be installed on a ssd, and does it have TRIM support?

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1. correct me if i'm wrong but ext3/4 btrfs systems don't need trim. just one way linux filesystems are so much better
2. basiclly any distro can be made to do anything, customizable wise. you could start with a barebones and work up from there, but if not and you need something that just works 'out of the box' then I agree with the poster ahead of me that LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) would be what I would suggest.

http://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php

install in fairly simple. either the Xfce or the Cinnnamon verion will work fine, cinnamon will give more effects/ etc. while xfce will use less ram/cpu/gpu (but both will be WAY lighter then windows so don't worry about it too much)
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post #4 of 5
10/26/12 at 6:40am
Don't know where the China point came from, but if you want a Chinese distro, check this out

I'd vote standard Debian for theme & customisation - it's still rocking GNOME 2, and there are probably more themes for that than any other DE
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post #5 of 5
10/28/12 at 1:02am
Enable TRIM with discard in fstab it will look like this

UUID=340cf4e2-4ee7-490c-a169-5045ebff4fac / ext4 errors=remount-ro,discard,noatime 0 1

the noatime also cuts down on writes. Discard is only supported by ext4 not ext3 and kernel >=2.6.33
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