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For me? SuSE Linux. It is easy to configure, easy to explore and very stable, Mandriva (formerly Mandrake) has too many bugs plus you can't upgrade unless ur in the club. SuSE has many apps prebuilt in RPM. Ubuntu is great but it can't cconfigure everything and it doesn't work w/ my graphic card.xboxrulz

The article is completely bogus since M$ funded it. Anyways, about switching to Linux, I switched without any friends or expert sitting down and teach me how to use Linux. I was inexperienced, I did research, ran thru forums. Now, I'm an experienced user using Linux for more than 1 year. I know how to compile, use DEB, RPM, know how to debug my system and know where the logs are. Understand how Linux works and yada yada...Therefore, if you have the will to learn it, it's easy, no experts needed.xboxrulz

[offtopic] I just find that Microsoft Games Studios and Microsoft 2 separate companies. One makes great games while another makes crappy software and charges the user double the software's worth[/offtopic]WinFS has been cutted out of Windows Vista (formerly, Longhorn)xboxrulz

According the Linux-NTFS, you can recompile your kernel to allow to only write (w/ out rename) but it is extremely not recommended as you may screw-up those files just by writing.

http://www.linux-ntfs.org/ for more info

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SuSE has an automatic detector and pre-configure NTFS partition to read.xboxrulz

well, I recommend SuSE Linux. It has a great setup tool: YaST2, you can download it thru torrents (totally legal, granted by their license; you don't get support)xboxrulz

u could also try emerging a new kernel as your's is old.xboxrulz

try chmod 0777 /dev/nullor if u have an Desktop Environment, tell it to set /dev/nullxboxrulz

This is where Linux comes in; download any very low resource sucking LiveCD and boot it from there. Then move everything onto a backup.Your hardware is getting too old, if it's me, it's in my "antique" collection.xboxrulz

For Mac user; please use Fedora Core 4.xboxrulz

Gentoo is not for newbies; while SuSE is. I don't suggest Ubuntu for gamers since it sucks on gamer PCs w/ 1280*1024 resolution at least.The best distro I've ever used is SuSE Linux.xboxrulz

u mean Madagascar was made on Red Hat Enterprise Sever 3.Wait... a server version of Linux?U gotta be kiddin'xboxrulz

What my OS would be is that it is as customized as Linux, works w/ all UNIX commands and that it's POSIX standardized. Another thing is that it will have a GUI faster and looks better than Mac OS X. Of course it will run on my favourite type of processor: the IBM G5 Processor, but of course I won't be as protective as Apple and make it open.xboxrulz

I like Linux and Mac actually but if you're gonna force me to choose one or the other, I have to take Linux because it's more customizable and that it is much more open than Mac. If you ask "what about Windows"? What do you think, developer or not it suck to the bone.xboxrulz

Mandrake, bugged? yes, definitely, but 90%+ uses customized kernels. Gentoo (optional), Slackware and Debian uses Vanilla kernels.I rather use KDE than GNOME and I hate the WM. Maybe that's me, but it's close to the desktops I know best, Windows and Macs.xboxrulz

Maybe you should try installing another Linux distribution. I have always suggest SuSE Linux, you should use it too. Installing it and making it run was very very easy!xboxrulz

good for u for finding a small system. I personally don't like them. I like BIG So, if that's what you like then, go ahead and make yourself happy.Happy computing w/ Linux.xboxrulz

this is a hard thing to answer because an average person doesn't know every single font in the world. I don't have a clue either.My only advice is to ask the people who made it.xboxrulz

I agree w/ the UNIX people here. I prefer Linux since it is the flagship of opensource software and the "real" OS that has no bs included.Linux has been my #1 OS since last year. Mac is not too far behind my favourites. It is very close second. Third is SkyOS and then last is Windows.xboxrulz

me nvu!xboxrulz

SuSE Linux version 6.4 is SO OLD THAT IT IS NOT SUPPORTED. Plus the KDE version on that is very old. I recommend you to at least use SuSE Linux 9.0 and up.Fedora Core has had some problems with its experimental kernels.Also, your machine are too old to support any new versions of any OS. I recommend you get new machines.Linux has gotten easier thru the years because Linux is now better aimed at the desktop users than before.xboxrulz

Fedora Core now gives you an improve version of the Anaconda installer which makes installation easier.xboxrulz

I tried another software called XEN, but SuSE Linux didn't install it properly for me...xboxrulz

Windows. Nothing will ever be better then Windows. It is better, faster, and had better stuff for it.

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Do you have any proofs for that because the proof to counter that is that the X server (which is the graphics system on UNIX machine) has a fast frame buffer and renderer than Windows. Plus Windows will slow down when many services are running because Windows NT based editions such as Windows XP uses a microkernel that sends queries to the master kernel process to process the data, which will slow down the system when there is alot. In contrast, Linux uses a monolithic kernel which the whole kernel operates without child kernel processes asking it questions whenever it needs something, this boosts up speed.

 

Have you run a game on Linux before? It doesn't slow down the system as much as Windows does. Windows will start dropping in speed dramatically when a high resource process than in Linux. (sorry if I'm repeating).

 

If you use the right journaling filesystem, Linux doesn't even need you to defragment it. I use ReiserFS (although I could've used JFS) and it is alot faster than NTFS. ReiserFS also auto compresses your files when storing it to disc.

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Also, although UNIX was originally designed for serving, Linux was not. Linux was designed to be easy to some extent, it is a fun operating system to use. It was started as a hobby by Linus Torvalds in 1991. Linux is so powerful that it can act as a server, router, desktop, camera, cellphone, laptop system, army grade systems and etc. Linux is created so it goes anywhere. That's the beauty of it.

 

Linux is as easy to learn as Windows. I learn Linux and its core components in 2 weeks. Windows it took me a month because there are less things to discover on that operating system and it is not fun to go around system files and tinker with the antivirus.

 

Linux can be as multimedia or gamer friendly as Macintosh or Windows. Take SuSE Linux to account. It is designed for end-users. I use it because I find it easier than Windows to install and to configure. It is also less bloated. I have all the applications I want installed and the rest are on my 5 CD which I can install later if I want to.

 

 

This is IMO and the sources for these information comes from:

Linux for Dummies - 5th Edition

Forums across the net

Just For Fun: An Accidental Revolution (my favourite biography)

and my personal experiences on the computer since 8.

 

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This question is easy: get a Mac, it is more user-friendly, less clogged, more stable and less evil operating system and machine than Windows which is not as user-friendly, clogged w/ spyware and bloatware (WinXP is spyware) and all that crap.xboxrulz