Linux Distribution

[02coled]

hello

does anyone have any recomendation on the Distribution of Linux i should download as im just looking at running it and having a play. And quite frankely there is loads lol

thanks again
Damian

[VIPER_1069]

for a totally no install try KNOPPIX for a first look no hassles of installation and then look in the LINUX thread here at dvdrbase theres loads of recommended versions

the current LINUX guru here no doubt is SCARECROW he can maby add more to this thread for you

[serjer]

i'd recommend ubuntu /ubuntu & knoppix

[bionic]

http://distrowatch.com/

[scarecrow]

Easiest ones are Mepis (an easily installable LiveCD, based on Kubuntu), and PCLinuxOS (another easily installable liveCD, based on Mandriva- formerly Mandrake). I'm slightly biased towards the latter, but this is a subjective thing- IMO you should try both as live CD's before installing, and then you could pick one.
Both are limited, regarding some features, but the missing parts are mostly geek stuff- I guess you will be happy with both.
If you want to bite the bullet and plunge in the deep at once, then I can suggest Kanotix (absolutely the best liveCD out there- Knoppix based), or going the hard way and install a real geek distro (Slackware, Arch, Debian Sid, or Gentoo... I consider all other distros inferior, in many ways- perhaps excluding the good, but very annoying to setup Fedora).

[Resistance]

Yo!
i running Debian after test many others
some packages needs more time to be updated (stable repositories)
U can try Knoppix , its debian(testing/unstable) based,
or directly Debian or Debian-Installer

a good step/step install The Perfect Setup - Debian Sarge (3.1) at HowtoForge.com

& Google is in the same place!

ps. at debian boot, now, u can use installgui or expertgui commands for grafical installer interface!