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employee · 09-08-2005, 10:56 PM

Is there a difference between them? For example, does one distro favor a particular way of doing things (user simplicity or hosting) or are they all the same with different names???

mrasla · 09-09-2005, 11:52 AM

I am thinking about loading linux on my old computer. From what I have read so far Mandrake is best for a newbie because of the 'gui' interface it's like windows. I think Redhat or FreeBSD would be best for hosting.

pnelson · 10-05-2006, 07:14 AM

the distros all use the linux kernel, but all use different package repositories and therefore have different software available for immediate install. I use ubuntu/debian, which I find highly commendable.

Mrasla: I use Xubuntu, which is specifically for older pcs, on an old laptop and it works fantastically on 128 MB ram 800 Mhz

Regards,

Peter

goldilocks · 03-16-2007, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by employee

Is there a difference between them? For example, does one distro favor a particular way of doing things (user simplicity or hosting) or are they all the same with different names???

They have a different way of doing things. Depends on what you want and the power of your rig. There are heavy distros like those based on KDE and Gnome. They are usually a beaut, with extensive graphics. There are also light distros like XFCE, for less powerful and older computers, but they still look and function good.

Me, I prefer light weight distros, even for P4s, since I don't need eye-candy.