GUI-based LINUX

Discussion in 'Technology' started by Lomotil, Dec 30, 2008.

  1. Lomotil

    Lomotil Active Member

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    ...Looking to install a GUI-based Linux operating system on an older PC, with the main purpose of networking, hardware diagnosis (hooking up PC parts via USB connectors, and hopefully being able to do more with them than in a Windows environment,) and flat-out re-familiarizing myself with the UNIX environment.

    Do any of you currently use such an OS? Recommendations?

    From what I've read... FreeBSD & KDE? Anyone tried Ubuntu?

    ...It's been a long time since I had to type "rm -rf"
     
    Lomotil, Dec 30, 2008
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  2. Lomotil

    Lomotil Active Member

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    Um... Unix?

    Linux?

    ...anyone? :frown:
     
    Lomotil, Dec 31, 2008
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  3. phatboy

    phatboy New Member

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    you can download the VM player from VMware, the have a ton of free OS you can install to test out on it. Ubuntu is one of them.
     
    phatboy, Dec 31, 2008
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  4. Lomotil

    Lomotil Active Member

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    Interesting...

    Will look into it.

    At first glance, it sounded like a media player.
     
    Lomotil, Jan 2, 2009
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  5. Joeslogic

    Joeslogic Active Member

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    VMware is great for testing Linux software if your the OCD type better set aside a few days to explore.

    Or

    Just go Ubuntu I has it a while back the version was FeistyFawn which sounds stupids but the o/s was great and really easy to use. You do not need to script anything if you do not want to.
     
    Joeslogic, Jan 2, 2009
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  6. Lomotil

    Lomotil Active Member

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    Good point, OCD would have me testing all of them... no time... I've still got three chapters left in the dictionary to read.
     
    Lomotil, Jan 2, 2009
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