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DarkCyber

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I'm interested in opinions about which is the easiest/best Linux (free versions). And here's what I mean...I'm looking for something that is easy to install, will auto detect a lot of hardware and doesn't require a lot of command line commands to run or work.

I've played with Ubuntu some, but I've tried installing it on a couple of older pc's and they will not even run the Live CD...I get some server error. They are a PIII 450 & a PIII 800.

Anyways, beside Ubuntu, what are some other good ones to try?

Thanks!
 
using linux without learning command line is just silly :\

try DSL. Live cd works well and its mega small/fast.

Xubuntu should run better on those older systems, but its pretty stripped down.
 
Check out ubuntuforums.org, I'm sure you can get Ubuntu booted and running, probably just need to disable a few things when you boot.
 
I too agree you should work through the Ubuntu problem and read as much as you can. Their forums are very good and have a lot of info. Chances are if you are having this problem, others have too and there is a simple fix.
 
SuSE, Xandros, PCLinuxOS. All are simple to install and use, but how much ram is in that system?
 
DarkCyber said:
I've played with Ubuntu some, but I've tried installing it on a couple of older pc's and they will not even run the Live CD...I get some server error. They are a PIII 450 & a PIII 800.
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I'm not sure how much memory you have in those machines, but odds are you probably have to use the alternative CD for installation. The Live CD works on systems with so much ram, but if you're below that you have to use their other disk. Either way Xubuntu is made for computers with weaker hardware specs.

I've tried DSL, and it works great on old machines, but I didn't really like it. Either way you can try it out for yourself, as they also have a Live CD, and it only takes up like 50 megabytes.
 
suse 10.1 will run fine on the 450 MHz machine, if it has 256+ MB ram. i ran suse on my parents 500MHz machine, and it ran fine.
 
I've been using ubuntu for several months myself on my home pc. I've got these two older pc's at my office I'm trying to install it on and I have posted about the issue(s) in the ubuntu forums and have been in there for a while as well.

And I did not say I would not be using command lines...I just said looking for one that doesn't require a lot to run everything.

The 800 mhz pc has 512 memory and the 450 mhz has 384 memory. Neither of these systems will even boot the Live CD to the desktop. I haven't given up on getting ubuntu to work on these, just checking to see if there are some different ones that might work better and not have the installation problems I'm having with ubuntu. The error I get on both pc's is:

'Failed to start the X server (your graphical interface) It is likely that it is not set up correctly. Would you like to view the X server output to diagnose the problem'

I select OK and then the second page shows the following information.

It list the build versions and number of ubuntu and then toward the bottom it says this:

(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration

Fatal server Error:
No screen found.

I'm downloading Suse right now.
 
kunsunoke said:
Did you try the Knoppix live CD? Might give some insight.
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No, I haven't yet. I did try Xubuntu...several suggested that might work better on older systems, but it errored during booting up the live cd...not the same errors though.

I will try and download Knoppix and see. I've downloaded about all of the the top ones from distrowatch..you got my work cut out. :D
 
Wanting a GNU/Linux operating system and avoiding the commandline is like buying a table saw and saying "I want to cut as little as possible"
 
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