Am 10.11.2011 19:25, schrieb Dale: > Hi, > > This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. I want to install Linux on > my brothers rig. The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type. I > don't want to install Gentoo because of that and it is a older rig with > a slow CPU and not a lot of ram either. So, what is a easy to install > distro that has KDE4, Seamonkey, gtkam, GIMP and such? I want something > easy because I want to install and leave it be until he can get a new > rig built. Then I'll be installing Gentoo for a more permanent install. > > I looked at Kubuntu, Ubuntu and tried to install Mandriva. Mandriva got > to a point and just froze up on me. I tried three times and it did the > same thing each time so no clue what is going on there. > > Ideas? > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
If you want something carefree for a long time, you might want to look at Scientific Linux. The name is a bit misleading. It is really just a very nice RHEL clone developed at CERN, FermiLab et.al. Bonus points for supporting their old versions till hell freezes over. Just install one of the auxiliary repositories to get media codecs and you have a full consumer distro with the stability of an enterprise distro. They also have a nice and knowledgeable mailing list. https://www.scientificlinux.org/ Regards, Florian Philipp
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