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  1. 10-04-2011, 10:52 PM #1
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    ok, i have to load a new operating system into my sons laptop, i want to use linux, but i have to download it to a cd first, any linux runners on here give me a good website to get the system from needing just a basic copy.
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    how about ubuntu.com
    you could use USB stick instead of a CD too
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    A bit frustrated with the new version of ubuntu though. I would go for 10.04 at the moment.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hendersr View Post
    A bit frustrated with the new version of ubuntu though. I would go for 10.04 at the moment.
    I would tend to agree with that. The latest one looks like it was molested by an iPhone. Not keen. 10.04 has been very much to my liking.
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    How old is your laptop?

    Mint Debian works really well and is easy to use. LXDE will perform better than gnome.

    Or straight up debian
    How to Build a Lightweight Linux for your Low-End Laptop

    If you have a flash drive siting around and your laptop supports booting from flash, it is much faster than cd/dvd/.

    Universal USB Installer – Easy as 1 2 3 | USB Pen Drive Linux
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    I'm running Mint 11 on three different machines, 2 older laptops and a desktop. It's been flawless. You can get it HERE.
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    I really like Linux Mint right now and I am running Mint 9 which is the Long Term Support, which I think is based on ubuntu 10.4 I also run several systems on my USB sticks. I have also used Mint Fluxbox for a dinosaur that was running windoze ME. That laptop would not support USB boots so I had to choose a CD boot. Easy Peasy is a really nice netbook distro as well, and I use it on my computer at work which was running windoze 2000. I love my Linux!!! And the price is great. distrowatch.com is a great resource to most if not all distributions.
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    I've got Mint 10 on one box and Mint 11 on another. Both quite good. The 10 has the KDE interface, which I like a lot, and the 11 the gnome. I'm learning to like the gnome too. Either or AFAIC. Both good GUI systems.
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    thanks to all, am downloading mint 11 as i type this, will then save to a disk to load into his laptop tommorrow. wish me luck
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    A lot of people have gone off anything offering Gnome 3 - is that what happened with Ubuntu? I've always been a Fedora or Gentoo user myself, and since Fedora moved to Gnome 3 I have to say I am enjoying the Mac OS!

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