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Stanman
11-09-11, 14:55
Thinking of putting this on to the PC for the kids as cant be arsed to spend £80 for WIN7 with 8 on the horizon.

Which distro is easy to set up and as near as possible to win GUI?
silverfox0786
11-09-11, 15:11
use ubuntu 10.10 desktop

or even laptop version if its on laptop
Stanman
11-09-11, 19:23
Cant see 10.10 only 10.04


http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/alternative-download
silverfox0786
11-09-11, 22:01
there you go


http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/cdimage.ubuntu.com/cdimage/releases/10.10/release/ubuntu-10.10-dvd-i386.iso
Mr. Mister
11-09-11, 22:30
Ubuntu would not be my choice for linux desktop..

Centos or Fedora are excellent..
Stanman
12-09-11, 18:36
Ubuntu would not be my choice for linux desktop..

Centos or Fedora are excellent..

Why? I did a search for best Linux for desktop and funnily enough Ubunta came out top, primarily because of the HW support.
silverfox0786
12-09-11, 19:33
yeah thats the main reason its far more versitial

did you manage to get it from the link i gave ya
Stanman
12-09-11, 20:10
Yes but its three times the size from Ubunts websize, that 11.04 was 700MB this i 3GB. I need to put it on a USB stick and have to wait for that to be delivered. Will do it over the weekend.
silverfox0786
12-09-11, 22:00
Yes but its three times the size from Ubunts websize, that 11.04 was 700MB this i 3GB. I need to put it on a USB stick and have to wait for that to be delivered. Will do it over the weekend.

i thought i gave you the 700mb iso version

let em recheck the link again
silverfox0786
12-09-11, 22:02
here you go stan man


http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.10/ubuntu-10.10-desktop-i386.iso
Larry-G
12-09-11, 22:21
iv'e been using ubuntu as my second OS and as multi boot for several years and it does every thing well almost every thing i need.

the single reason i wont go to linux whole heartedly is the total lack of native linux based tools for linux based receivers. i point blank refuse to install wine just so i can run a few windows based programmes to manage my receivers.

considering these linux based receivers have been around for well over ten years i am totally astounded no one has come up with a line of linux software to do the jobs i need.
Stanman
13-09-11, 20:44
Now you put me off!! think will give it a go anyway and see how i go.
Sicilian
13-09-11, 20:57
iv'e been using ubuntu as my second OS and as multi boot for several years and it does every thing well almost every thing i need.

the single reason i wont go to linux whole heartedly is the total lack of native linux based tools for linux based receivers. i point blank refuse to install wine just so i can run a few windows based programmes to manage my receivers.

considering these linux based receivers have been around for well over ten years i am totally astounded no one has come up with a line of linux software to do the jobs i need.

You've got a very valid point there m8ty.
Larry-G
14-09-11, 06:14
Lol stan. By all means don't let my post put you off, ubuntu is a cracking OS but sadly the lack of support for my stb's means it will not be my primary OS.

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