I will second Kubuntu as a good distribution for a new user. All three of these distributions use the KDE desktop, which has a similar feel to Windows. All three come bundled with a ton of software, allowing you to do most things you can do in Windows.
If you're into games, there are lots of Linux games available, but Windows games will take a lot more work if they will work at all.
Things like watching DVD movies and ripping MP3s can be difficult because nearly all distributions don't include the necessary codecs for legal reasons. They can be found and downloaded from the internet, though.
The thing to remember is that you won't be able to use most of your Windows software under Linux, but there are plenty of good alternatives. Here are a few examples there are plenty of others, too : OpenOffice. Linux is relatively free of problems from malware, but does offer some peace of mind in the form of antivirus and firewall software. Due to the way the operating system works, most malware will not run as intended, because it would need "root" privileges in order to be able to corrupt most systems.
Most users don't even have these privileges, so it's not easy for malware to gain them, either. This is the primary reason Linux is much more secure than Windows. So I'm thinking that "root" privileges in Linux resembles the "administrator" privileges in Windows, except that in Linux, these root privileges are not accessible by the average user. Sounds like a code writing privilege. Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum.
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Whether the problem is me or the hardware is moot. SUSE 9. I had to go in and reset the resolution following its install. Not so with Xandros. Once again, it just worked, no questions asked. There is a complete installation ready for you when you finish the basic install, without having to access the second CD containing additional applications of the Deluxe Edition at all.
I did just that by double-clicking on Xandros Networks icon. In very short order, my local software database had been synced with the Xandros server, and I had also learned there were no waiting updates.
Every distribution seems to be making choices for you these days, and Xandros is no different. You never know when you might have to embed a spreadsheet in some dog-and-pony show for marketing.
Too easy, maybe — more on that further down. There is a complete list of all the applications available as part of Xandros 3 on the Xandros Web site. Accessories include various readers and viewers for fax, PDF, and other things. Crossover Office gets its own menu, and there is one for Games as well. In the Graphics category, there is a paint program, Digicam, and Kooka for your scanner. CrossOver Office is going to be a big selling point for this version of Xandros, and if you have indispensable Windows applications that are on the supported list like Quicken, various Microsoft Office versions, and so on it can provide you with an end to dual-booting to get them those apps.
I told CrossOver Office to run Notepad for me and it did so without any qualms. There is also a voice-over-IP application and a Usenet newsreader. All in all, the glass is more than half full. I searched for X-Chat in the Xandros Network repository, but found no joy. All commercial distributions share this same quandary. So the utility of a specific distribution for you often hinges on two questions: how easy it is to add the software that you want or need, and what are the consequences of doing so.
It turns out that expanding the universe of installable packages is a snap with the Xandros. Before I learned there was an easier way, this is how I added X-Chat. The second fetched X-Chat and all its prerequisites and installed them for me. Not so much. Using Wine Review's tips I was able to troubleshoot the black-screen problem by downloading the gdiplus.
Both of these tips helped clear up the black-screen issue. Not really, unless you have DRM-protected music that plays only in iTunes. DRM aside, I would much prefer listening to my tunes in the preloaded music manager that hogs less RAM and doesn't skip a beat while I'm surfing the Web.
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