Re: The best Linux Distrubution for...



On Dec 13, 7:27 am, "ChrisC" <chrisp...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a very *** system and I'm thinking of ditching Windows and
using Linux because I believe it's faster. Also my current edition of
Windows is Windows 2000, and because I'm living in South Africa now, I
can't afford to keep up with Mr Bill Gates prices for operating
systems. The system I have access to is an:

AMD 733MHZ.
512MB of ram.
12GB Hard Drive.
US Robotics 56k modem.

Thats about it. Ok here's what I'll be using it for. To browse forums
on the web. Access my email on the web and using standard email.
Watching DivX, playing mp3s. Using a Microsoft Word program or
equivalent. Burn CD's, DVD's. Reading and posting to USENET. And the
most important of all plugging in my removable USB 250g hard drive,
which contains a NTFS (I think) data partition with 40g of information
I do not want to lose. One of my main questions is how friendly is
Linux with USB stuff now? I'll plan to use my digital camera with
linux, which is USB. Also is there any easy to use torrent software for
Linux? So basically whats the most user friendly and best edition to
use?


<ftp://ftp.is.co.za/linux/distributions/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/iso>

The above will get you FC6 from a South Africa mirror... Free.

Perhaps a bit more ram would be nice but it'll work. You weren't
specific about your USR modem. You might reply with its exact model or
google for its linux compatibility.

Best distro? Very subjective you know. But then you posted in a
Redhat newsgroup...

Best of luck and good wishes to you Chris.

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