Suggested Distro for a newb

AlphaTrinityAlphaTrinity North Wales, PA
edited September 2006 in Science & Tech
Hey guys, how's it going?
A long time ago I posted here with questions about Fedora 5.
I messed around with Fedora 5 for a little while, but I got distracted away from it for a while, but now I want to get back into it.
When starting up my fedora 5 computer, I found out that (mysteriously) my hard drive crashed. I'm going to reformat it and give fedora 5 another go, but I wanted to post here with a question.
Should I continue to use Fedora 5, or is there a better distro for a linux newb like myself?
I already have a little bit of experience with Fedora 5, and I liked the way everything was laid out, but I'd be willing to switch.

btw, the computer is a k6 with 192 ram, so it can't handle anything too intense.
Thanks for any suggestions :)

(Oh yeah, I'm shooting for a server distro btw, but I think most distros have that option so this might be extra information.)

Comments

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited September 2006
    ubuntu is fantastic for first-timers.
  • AlphaTrinityAlphaTrinity North Wales, PA
    edited September 2006
    primesuspect wrote:
    ubuntu is fantastic for first-timers.

    Hmm, I noticed that the download site says that the ubuntu server has no gui.
    Do you think I should go for it? :honoes:
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited September 2006
    I guess it depends on what you're doing with it. No proper linux server distro has a gui.. You don't need it for server tasks. If you want to actually sit down and use this computer, you'll definitely want a gui.
  • AlphaTrinityAlphaTrinity North Wales, PA
    edited September 2006
    primesuspect wrote:
    I guess it depends on what you're doing with it. No proper linux server distro has a gui.. You don't need it for server tasks. If you want to actually sit down and use this computer, you'll definitely want a gui.

    All right, sounds good.
    Thanks prime :type:

    I just plan mostly on learning what I can from linux while at the same time sharing private files and whatever else I can manage to think of.
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited September 2006
    I've used both. I don't really have a preference for one or the other. It did seem that more things worked out of the box (so to speak) with ubuntu on my laptop - sound and some of the special buttons specifically. They eventually worked with fedora too, but it took more work.

    ubuntu is a smaller download, though.
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited September 2006
    AlphaTrinity wrote:
    I just plan mostly on learning what I can from linux while at the same time sharing private files and whatever else I can manage to think of.
    You will want the desktop flavor. Nearly all desktop distros can do simple server tasks like Samba (Windows File & Printer Sharing). You really only want the server distro if you plan to not ever use the computer except remotely and want to serve serve something a little more intense like a dedicated web or database server.

    -drasnor :fold:
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