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Mar 7th, 2006, 4:51 PM
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Linux Distro Advice
I would normally post this on linuxforums.org, but their forums aren't showing up for me.
 Anywho. I'd like a distro that could run Python 2.4, Python Image Library, PyCherry and PyGame. Multiple processes. No GUI necessary. Free. Easy to install. This is for my server, that I believe owes great defficiency to its current state of Windows XP. Any and all advices/experiences are greatly apprecieated. Thanks. :banana: P.S. The computer has an Intel Pentium III Processor (501 MhZ), 48 GB hard drive, 384 MB RAM. |
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Mar 7th, 2006, 4:53 PM
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I would do Gentoo, you have great control over what you want to install and what not (because it installs nothing).
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Mar 7th, 2006, 5:03 PM
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Yeah Gentoo is nice, but it's very difficult to install for a newbie (to Linux).
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Mar 7th, 2006, 5:33 PM
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Just installed gentoo for the second time the day before yesterday. The guide leaves nothing out. If installing gentoo as a newbie, you learn a LOT.
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Mar 7th, 2006, 7:36 PM
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Yeah, I've heard that installing gentoo is worth it just for the learning experience, even if you take it off immediately after... I'm probably gonna try it myself here in about two weeks...
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Mar 7th, 2006, 8:11 PM
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It sounds to me as if Gentoo is just a pain in the ass to set up.
O_O What makes it such a good learning experience? |
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Mar 7th, 2006, 8:16 PM
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Well, with the gentoo installation, you pretty much get to configure everything yourself, which is somewhat difficult at first, but afterwards you'll know how to configure things the way you want... which is something that you dont get out of a nice automated installation (like Fedora Core or Ubuntu).
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Mar 7th, 2006, 8:48 PM
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Ah, so like customization of certain specifications? To optimize memory and speed depending on what you will use the computer for. And changing much more specific values that I've probably never heard about? :p
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Mar 8th, 2006, 1:10 AM
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I personally like Debian. I guess for the most part, it just depends on your taste in distros, as each flavor of Linux is generally alike, although there are certain sub-categories that Linux can branch off into, like Modularity, Live, RPM and DEB, etc.
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Mar 8th, 2006, 2:10 AM
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Gentoo.
Or Slackware if you want it a bit easier. (What made you finally get linux?, I've been asking you to test it out for aggges).
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