On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:02:15 +0100 A.Muller wrote: > Hello everybody ! > I've been monitoring this mailing list for a couple of months and > received answers to my questions about OO. Thanks to the benefactors. > My experience with OO goes back to 2005 and I'm very satisfied with > it. Now I would like to cross the Rubicon and eliminate, gradually, XP > from my machine. I've read many posts relating this or that > bug/difficulty of OO with some specific distributions of Linux. In > your experience, which one would be the best to start with among the > different distros : Mandriva, Ubuntu, Suse, Debian or whatever ? Thank > you for your advice. A.Muller >
This very question has sparked many heated debates. I am not going to suggest any particular distribution to you. Instead have a look here, it describes the distros and further down the right column ranks them: http://distrowatch.com/ I would also suggest you try a live disk of the distro you choose. Although it will run slowly, because it runs totally from the CD, it will allow you to dip your toes gently. If it does not run then try another. The distro that runs best and has the least problem with your system should be picked. Do not expect the conversion to be simple. A linux distro has a totally different program model to the windows distribution. You will need to relearn much you know. A:\ and C:\, what are they? In linux you can choose where the disk partition is and what directory name it comes under. http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm Some online books: http://www.linux.org/docs/online_books.html Buy a seperate hard disk and dual boot your current system (with Windows on its existing disk and Linux on the new one. This way causes the least grief and means you still have your existing running system to fall back to. Find your local LUG, and head along to one of their meetings. Most LUGs work on a fairly informal basis. Join their mailing list for those questions that will crop up. They may even be holding an installfest soon, they can have your box up and running for you ready to explore without the issues of installing yourself (although many would argue that you learn heaps doing the install yourself) -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
