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What is the best Open Source Operating System?

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by don ticulate 1 view

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Hi,

I am looking at investigating open source operating systems as a preamble for replacing XP on my home network. Does anybody have a recommendation to what the best distribution to go for would be?

Please note that I have a limited knowledge of using Linux / Unix based OS systems.

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by nicknielsen

There really is no "best" open source OS. What you will need to find is the open source OS that best meets your needs. This discussion should provide you a good start.

https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=213495&messageID=2185615

My recommendation would be to start with either Ubuntu or PCLinus OS (I started with both). Each comes with a failrly intuitive install process, large numbers of drivers, and will allow you to dual boot initially, if you so desire.

Best of luck.

by don ticulate

openSUSE
Ubuntu
&
Mandriva

as the main ones to look at. I will investigate these further.

Thanks Again!

by neil higgins

since May,on my laptop.I have Vista business edition,on my desktop.Soon to be gone.I'm selling it a close friend.Linux is not for everybody,but it is worth a look.I tried the "live cd" first,so that Vista was not destroyed.lol.Yes it was different,but having used other distro's (friends,work),I decided to go for Ubuntu,on a "clean" laptop.Three months in,I think it's great.

by daniel.muzrall

I started off playing with Fedora Core (4?), and liked it, but wasn't overly satisfied. Tried Ubuntu LTS, and really liked it. Tried Kubuntu (runs KDE instead of GNOME), and liked it even more. It's been running on my old Toshiba Satellite Pro 6000 since 7.04 was first released.

Good luck, and have fun!

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