I have tried out quite a few live distros. None really impress me from a graphics standpoint because Linux is "different" than Windows and just does not have the finesse or whatever it is that it is missing. But it is still quite functional.
I did burn a Linux Mint distro in the past couple days and I like the looks of it better than Ubuntu. It is actually Ubuntu with many proprietary drivers already in place and developed by some folks in Ireland I believe. This international cooperation is stupendous when you think about it. Almost every day some organization or government switches to Linux and it is fascinating to watch this unfold. Especially now with the new Windows/Linux pact announced in the last week, although many are wary of MS. I even had a QSO with W1HJK the other day. Of course, at the time I did not realize he was a major ham radio Linux developer:) My experience with a 450 MHz Pentium was dismal. Just not adequate speed for me so I put Win 98 back on it and replaced my mother's 166 Pentium that was pathetic. The next computer would be a fairly high end machine but not at the bleeding edge, just back from there where it seems you get the most bang for the buck. I have this e-machine P4-516 I bought a year ago for about $400 which is nearly a 3 gig speed but only 512 Meg RAM. Leigh L Klotz, Jr. wrote: >Instead of switching Why not get a second computer and try it? You can >use a cheap IOGear video switch, or use VNC and operate it from your >Windows box (or vice versa). >An 800MHz P3 or up ought to give you a pleasant enough experience. I >used to recommend RedHat, but Fedora seems to have gone downhill in >quality. Ubuntu seems to go smoothly these days. > > >
