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Am 10.11.2011 19:25, schrieb Dale: |
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> Hi, |
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> This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. I want to install Linux on |
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> my brothers rig. The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type. I |
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> don't want to install Gentoo because of that and it is a older rig with |
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> a slow CPU and not a lot of ram either. So, what is a easy to install |
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> distro that has KDE4, Seamonkey, gtkam, GIMP and such? I want something |
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> easy because I want to install and leave it be until he can get a new |
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> rig built. Then I'll be installing Gentoo for a more permanent install. |
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> I looked at Kubuntu, Ubuntu and tried to install Mandriva. Mandriva got |
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> to a point and just froze up on me. I tried three times and it did the |
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> same thing each time so no clue what is going on there. |
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> Ideas? |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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If you want something carefree for a long time, you might want to look |
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at Scientific Linux. The name is a bit misleading. It is really just a |
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very nice RHEL clone developed at CERN, FermiLab et.al. |
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Bonus points for supporting their old versions till hell freezes over. |
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Just install one of the auxiliary repositories to get media codecs and |
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you have a full consumer distro with the stability of an enterprise |
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distro. They also have a nice and knowledgeable mailing list. |
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https://www.scientificlinux.org/ |
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Regards, |
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Florian Philipp |
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