Best version of Linux?

Question

Pure and simple. Also can someone tell me what is the difference between Linux and Windows? Can someone give me some more information?

Answer 1

Hi, in linux u don't need anti virus software, u can try to run photoshop using wine but I doubt it will work cause its a windows program, u have gimp in linux anyway. If u have any specific need of a software on windows then don't run linux or dual boot. I use openSUSE and its probably the best I have used. Here r my reasons:



1. Very stable with less bugs compared to other systems like ubuntu. In fact I haven't encountered one bug in it.

2. Its the only linux system which is as polished as Mac OS X or Windows.

3. It has excellent documentation.

4. It looks good by default

5. Its very easy to use and has a GUI for everything unlike other Linux systems.

6. Hardware support is excellent in all.

7. Great community support as well.

8. Since openSUSE started the compiz fusion project which r the desktop effects then they have the latest ones on it.

9. Novell which is openSUSE's sponsors have a deal with Microsoft so there is better compatibility of file formats and it is the only Linux system which can open .docx files and stuff.

10. All the best and latest software is on it, and its very easy to maintain.



OpenSUSE is perfect for a new user as well as old ones.



OpenSUSE main page:

http://en.opensuse.org

Opensuse please read:

http://en.opensuse.org/Concepts

Opensuse Compiz fusion 3d effects:

http://en.opensuse.org/Compiz_Fusion

Opensuse nvidia guide:

http://en.opensuse.org/NVIDIA



Contact me if u have any questions.



Good Luck!



Edit: To the answerer below me, Novell which r opensuse's sponsors along with opensuse developers that work for novell started the xgl/compiz project and compiz fusion is the latest of them, those people who don't know stuff should keep their mouths closed.

Answer 2

The world is not pure and simple. The best version of Linux depends on who you are. For example, I first read about a distro called dyne:bolic "for media activists" on Groklaw where people were talking about how awesome it was. I downloaded and ran it and despite issues, enjoyed it because the difference between it and my default desktop is it's not Debian-based (the website seems to be endorsing Linux from Scratch which makes it very easy to roll your own distro). I started recommending it to people I thought would appreciate it, and am starting to meet people who swear by it. I've heard it called "better than Ubuntu" and don't know whether to argue because obviously I don't believe in better.



Linux started as a cheap port of the Unix Operating system to the Intel 386 architecture. Okay, a free port of it. The direct result is it uses many packages which got their start on the Unix Operating system, among them the X-Windows GUI. In point of fact, the various distros of Linux still share many common packages with various distros of Unix (including Solaris and FreeBSD) as well as with each other. In order to be called a Unix, legally, you must pass a series of benchmark tests it costs several thousand dollars to run. That's why most Linuxes don't call themselves Unix. Most people involved in distributing them can't afford the tests. On the one hand I am aware of two distros (neither for consumers) which have passed it, on the other I keep thinking about that VIP at the last Linux User Group meeting I went to who yelled "I HATE Fedora Core 8. It's NOT Unix."



The awesome thing about Linux is that it is adaptable to so many uses. Ubuntu is a consumer-driven Linux, Fedora a cutting-edge consumer driven Linux. Debian provides a good environment for development which is not as demanding as Fedora's -- unless you want it to be. Slackware provides easy access to the latest packages and a straightforward, Unix-like interface which even a guy like me who should know more about Linux than he does but has been around computers for a few decades now finds very comforting. Gentoo provides the same advantages, and runs more efficiently but runs more efficiently because it recompiles everything it installs or updates for your hardware (and GCC and Firefox can be bears to update). It requires a better understanding of compilation and computer science to run comfortably. Linux from Scratch, of course, is a toolkit for hobbyists. Suse and Mandriva are both systems which have been out for a very long while and are both forks of Red Hat, the distro which became Fedora. To some extent they still require the same massive hardware to run as most versions of Fedora (though Fedora Core 8 can actually run on less than Fedora Core 7 if you tweak it).



Then there are many other distros. I will NOT name names because each of them has their own advantages. On livecd I currently use Knoppix, DSL, dyne:bolic and Slax.



I guess you can say the most important difference between Linux and Windows is that Windows is an operating system while Linux is the name given to a collection of packages which can be assembled into an operating system or two or more. And that's why there is no best version of Linux unless it's best for you.



If you want help deciding which is best for you try the Linux Distribution Chooser at:

http://www.tuxs.org/chooser/

Answer 3

Linux Mint or Ubuntu. I have used both and they are tremendous options to domicile windows or Mac OS. Ubuntu has the team spirit computer. With Linux Mint, you may go with the Cinnamon, KDE, Mate, or Xfce interface.

Answer 4

Ubuntu 7.10 'Gutsy Gibbon' for my taste. I haven't had any 'bugs' with it, in 6 months of using it! it's VERY user friendly, and has used Compiz Fusion as a default window manager since Oct. 18, 2007. OpenSuse has used it as a default windows manager since Oct. 4, 2007. OpenSuse did not develop CompizFusion, it's a meld of the Beryl project getting back together, and people who developed the Compiz window manager. The very name 'Ubuntu' means, "Humanity Towards Others". Ubuntu is free, it will never be sold by those who developed it. Ubuntu will never fall 'prey' to dealing with Windoze. Want to know if Photoshop will run on it? I'm using Photoshop 7 on it, and can run CS, CS2, and CS3. How? Wine. Instead of my giving you a bunch of babble about it, let me give you direct links:

1.WineHQ: http://www.winehq.org/

2.http://www.winehq.org/site/why

3.http://www.winehq.org/site/myths

4.http://appdb.winehq.org/

5.http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/wineusr-guide/index

Wikipedia on Ubuntu:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(Linux_distribution)

Compiz Fusion:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiz_fusion#_note-2

http://www.compiz-fusion.org/

Downloading and installing:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/iso

How to install anything in Ubuntu:

http://www.monkeyblog.org/ubuntu/installing/

Home of Ubuntu:

http://www.ubuntu.com/

Additional links:

http://www.linuxlots.com/~jam/

http://ubuntuforums.org/

http://www.linux.ie/newusers/beginners-linux-guide/

http://abhay-techzone.blogspot.com/2007/11/ubuntu-vs-opensuse.html

http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?showtopic=41939

http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/21908

What my desktop basically looks like,(wall paper is different)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC5uEe5OzNQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD7QraljRfM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKEcz_OTTBk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPvRsZ2unok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwBr0ffLmKw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjnehWZ-aCM





'Nuff said.

Answer 5

Ubuntu Linux is nice and as for the difference, its less user friendly i would say but more powerful check it out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux