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On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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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 my |
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> brothers rig. The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type. I don't want |
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> to install Gentoo because of that and it is a older rig with a slow CPU and |
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> not a lot of ram either. So, what is a easy to install distro that has |
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> KDE4, Seamonkey, gtkam, GIMP and such? I want something easy because I want |
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> to install and leave it be until he can get a new rig built. Then I'll be |
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> installing Gentoo for a more permanent install. |
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Since you're already familiar with Gentoo, I would take a look at |
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Sabayon. It's basically a binary Gentoo distro (and a gentoo overlay). |
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It comes preconfigured just like ubuntu or others so you don't need to |
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do anything, just install it and you'll have a working graphical |
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desktop and lots of software. Super easy and all of the configuration |
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is done Gentoo-style. They have GTK, KDE and XFCE versions to choose |
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from. I've only played with it briefly in a VM and tried the LiveDVD |
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on my laptop, but I believe you can even still use emerge and use |
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portage like you would in Gentoo. |