Re: which distro should I consider ?
- From: Unruh <unruh-spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 13 Jul 2006 17:52:11 GMT
General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 05:30:47 -0700, surf wrote:
I bought an HP laptop a couple of months ago.
From "my computer" it shows:
processor 1.60 GHz
590 Mhz, 504 MB of ram
from Accesories -> system tools -> system information it shows
total 512 MB, available 105.36 MB
total virtual 2 gig
avail virtual 1.96 gig
When I bought it, it was advertised as having a 60 gig hard drive,
though from my-computer it shows 47.3 gig. I would like to keep a
windows partition.
I am familiar with unix in that I worked on an AIX for many years and
SUN OS/solaris as well.
I am a programmer, mainly interested in Perl, Ruby, Java, C++, etc. I
might want to play with appache web server as well. I'm doing this for
my resume, experience, and possible work. I want to be able to put
linux on my resume and use my laptop with linux to do telecommuting
type work if needed for various companies that require linux and I have
a particular interest in web type work with Ruby, Perl/CGI, etc. I
allready had an opportunity with a company that uses linux. After they
contacted me via email, I told them I don't have it installed so I'd
have to log onto their web server and I never heard back from them
since. I felt this lack of linux on my laptop to be a distinct
disadvantage and is something I have been meaning to address. I am
interested in recommendations about which distros of linux I should
consider and why. I've looked at the linux.org listing and the number
of distros is endless and somewhat mind boggling. I will try to attend
a linux meeting sometime in my area when I am able.
I would like to keep an Windows partition initially. Should I look for
assistance on an install ?
I don't want to mess up my machine or spend endless hours trying to
figure this out.
Thanks
If you are doing if for your resume then use CentOS which is a free clone
of Redhat Enterprise Linux. Fedora Core 5 is also a good choice, it's
Redhat's free OS. FC is the development platform for RHEL so it's as close
as you are going to get to then next generation of RHEL.
Since he never told us where he lived, REdhat is not necessarily the best
option. In Europe or S America, Mandriva is probably better.
But all linuxes are to first order the same. To second order approximation
there are some differences, primarily in the way the intialisation routines
are set up, and in the exact auxilliary programs included.
On your resume, unless you get some "official" certification, then which OS
you have trained on makes little difference. Just list it as Linux.
I am most familiar with Mandriva. Defragment your Windows partition.
Install Mandriva and when it asks about partitioning, ask it to shrink the
Windows partition ( or put in an extra hard disk and install Linux on that
extra hard disk). Note that fiddling with partitions is always dangerous so
make sure you have a backup. Release at least 10GB for Linux.
Install it-- 5GB for /, .5-1GB for swap and the rest for /home say.
lilo or grub will allow you to boot either windows or Linux. Note that if
you reinstall windows, it will first try to destroy your Linux partitions
and then it will destroy your LILO or grub boot loader. If that happens,
ask again, or search google for instructions for rescue.
If you just want to play then any full distro will do, they all have
everything you need.
.
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