[dadyslittlehelp]

building a computer for post-christmass
wanted to look into Linux but a little intimidated
what os should i go with for first build?

 

[Old Rich]

What do you want to use the PC for?

 

[ITdawg25]

I would go with Fedora Core 6. Its the latest build and its GUI is great. It would be an easy transition from windows.

 

[dadyslittlehelp]

mainly for multi tasking, basic online games, typing reports, some games requiring low to medium graphic requirements (ex Age of Empires III, the Sims 2)

p.s. ill look into fedora, it allready sounds promising from the 2 min ive read about it

 

[Old Rich]

I don't do Linux, but this months Maximum PC just had a great article on Ubuntu . .

 

[DoubleHelix]

Multi tasking is vague. Does that mean you want to run 10 web browser sessions? Or do you want to run a high-end game at the same time you're running an FTP server? Some people define multi-tasking as having IE and Outlook open at the same time.

Do the online games you want to play run under Linux?

You can type reports in WordPad in Windows. Or you can use Microsoft Word. Or if you want to run Linux, you can use OpenOffice.

Can you run Age of Empires III and Sims 2 on Linux?

 

[Old Rich]

My definition of Multi Tasking is a beer in one hand and a bag of peanuts in the other . . .

 

[stewiegriffin711]

Try Ubuntu or Kubuntu. They are the closest to Windows in appearance and more user friendly for the newb than the other versions of Linux.

 

[Old Rich]

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