Jeremie Pelletier Wrote: > Jason House Wrote: > > > Paul D. Anderson Wrote: > > > > > I'm going to add Linux to my PC to get a dual-boot configuration. (I'm > > > tired of sloooow start ups and want to tap into the great tools > > > available.) The tutorial I'm looking at suggests Ubuntu. Is there a > > > significant difference in Linux implementations? Is Ubuntu one of the > > > better ones? Does it make a difference for running D2? > > > > > > Thanks in advance for your hellp. > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > Ubuntu is the most popular Linux distro at the moment. It's easy to > > install, keep up to date, and find help. I highly recommend it for > > newcomers to Linux. I have not tried the other distro's recommended in this > > thread but do like Ubuntu better than others I have tried. > > > > Not only to newcomers, I've been using linux for at least 6 years (mostly > redhat and slackware, also built a few linux from scratchs) and am now using > Ubuntu on my laptop alongside win7. Not because its an easy linux > distribution to work with, because its a convenient one to work with. I know > I can do anything from the shell, but having a popup that says "it seems like > you are missing this to execute that, would you like me to install and > configure it for you while you drink your coffee?" is just plain neat. > > Heck even windows isnt as neat as Ubuntu.
I agree. I use Ubuntu on all my computers at home. I even have my wife close to switching. I started toting with Linux about 10 years ago. It was miserable back then. I've been using Linux quite heavily for the last ~5 years... Linux has come a long way!
