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I like openSuse (with KDE) the best, it's KDE is "native" solid/polished. KDE is well integrated and all the little things work nicely.I tried Kubuntu (because I heard 7.04 had "desktop effects" installed) and didn't like it compared to suse, some small KDE problems here and there nothing major. I then tried Ubuntu just to try the desktop effects and I got impressed with the clean simplicity of GNOME so I am currently using this.Fedora I haven't recently tried (only old version Fedora Core 4 which sucked), but I'm sure it will be good too since GNOME has improved.Basically, in Oct/Nov I will download and install all three distros then decide which is the best to stick with, until the next round of releases 6 months later!@abtom: the drivers should come already with the installation CD, but some hardware might not work, most do...The cool thing is, the CDs are "live CD" meaning you can boot off the CD and run the OS without installing it... to "test drive" the system... if you like the OS and video/sound etc works, you can click the installation icon to install to you hard diskWARNING!!!Since you are a newbie user, please please backup your data onto CDs or something! DO NOT COPY just to the same hard disk in another location thinking it is a backup, coz you might just erase your entire hard disk by mistake if you are not careful !!!
 
the drivers should come already with the installation CD, but some hardware might not work, most do...

The cool thing is, the CDs are "live CD" meaning you can boot off the CD and run the OS without installing it... to "test drive" the system... if you like the OS and video/sound etc works, you can click the installation icon to install to you hard disk

WARNING!!!

Since you are a newbie user, please please backup your data onto CDs or something! DO NOT COPY just to the same hard disk in another location thinking it is a backup, coz you might just erase your entire hard disk by mistake if you are not careful !!!
didnt get it.
please explain in detail.
it will be very kind uf urs.
 
STFW: imp. /S-T-F-W/ [Usenet] Commmon abbreviation for "Search The ****ing Web", a suggestion that what you're asking for is a query better handled by a search engine than a human being. Usage is common and exactly parallel to both senses of RTFM.
 
@manu1991: i think abtom, being a 14-yr old, has slightly troll-ish tendencies

and before you (abtom) ask what is a troll, see Troll & - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
we r going offtopic guyz.
this is a thread regardind OS's and we r talking abt trolls and so.

how s redhat?
 
Anyone who mentions "redhat" is likely using outdated software. Redhat's free version is now called Fedora.

I didn't like the older Fedora Core 4 and I haven't tried the newer Fedora 7, but will try Fedora 8 when it comes out next month. The new "Infinity" theme looks nice at least. See some pics here Artwork/F8Themes/Infinity/Round3Final - Fedora Project Wiki

I would think Fedora is good for a corporate desktop installation, if you want something for home use, get Ubuntu or openSuse.
 
this just shows you didn't RTFM or STFW. i think someone earlier posted an explanation of what is a "distro" which you didn't read?anyways, see distrowatch.com for an idea of the number of distros out there
 
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