[4ndr3wk]

hi, i was thinking of multibooting my laptop so it has XP and ubuntu, but is ubuntu what everybody says it is. how would ubuntu owners review it compared to windows.

also is it easy to multiboot them??? ive herd that ubuntu comes with loading software, cant remember the name but ive heard that it automatically finds both OSes and lets you choose. also i am asking this as i only have a 40GB harddrive and if i dont need it that much then im not going to get it

thanks 4ndr3w

also, what is the best looking linux OS out? and most practical

[CouchMaster]

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. You're welcome
4. SuSE (in my opinion)

[4ndr3wk]

thanks, is suse free?

also where can i get a lot of good screenshots of it?

thanks andrew

[CouchMaster]

http://distrowatch.com is the place to get them all free...

[lynch]

Originally Posted by 4ndr3wk

...also, what is the best looking linux OS out? and most practical

Best looking? You make it look however you want. That's up to you.
Suse10 screenshots. Scroll down to the bottom of the page; there are about 72 screenshots.
lynch

[itsageek]

well... for starters I think Elive CD looks amazing... (http://www.elivecd.org/) it comes with a bunch of stuff... and its based off debian (same thing ubuntu is based on).


SuSE is an RPM based distro which means that you may or may not have to go through dependancy hell (i never liked SuSE or RHx or FC, it was a prefrence thing)

If you wanna try out Xgl (it's been all over the geek news recently) you could try the newest beta of SuSE (it's on there automagicly) or tweak ubuntu a bit (there are guide on their forum, MAKE SURE YOU GET DAPPER DRAKE it's rather important)... You could try VLOS (it's a gentoo based OS), it's easy and there are guide for gentoo that show you how to use/configure XGL/compiz...


(hope that was helpful, and i didn't make a fool out of myself)

[fenderfreek]

I ran FC4 for a year before trying out Ubuntu, and I liked it much better. To me, it's much easier to work with. Having used Red Hat, an RPM-based distrib, for years, personally, I think Ubuntu would be easier for a newbie. Like mentioned beforehand, RPM-based distrib's really are hell when it comes to the dependencies, but once you learn to deal with it, it facilitates installing new packages, as opposed to building everything yourself. Ubuntu is a great distrib to learn on, IMHO, yet fully functional, and once you get the basics down, then you'll be better experienced to handle what SuSE or FC will throw your way, if you decide to go that route.