BeSt Linux Os Your Opinion Plz i need the help

[mrgrim]

Hey great people of mpc whats up.Ok to the point im switching os system to linux im convinced its better than windows at this point and far more expandable. the question is which
version of linux should i get(lindows,redhat,Ubuntu,) you guys are the pros and i need personal opnions so plz if you can help me out also what can i use to play my games on linux and windows programs on linux... the you guys your all the best

before i finish heres a opinion that some one said is it true.....

"I wouldnt recomend SuSE (although I do like it) or Fedora Core because they use RPM package managment - and that sucks..... I honostly prefer Ubuntu's Debian package management.... also RPM based distros tend to be bloated and run like crap - plus Ubuntu has the best hardware support out of all the distros <--- Trust me, you will not be mad if you go with Ubuntu":laugh:



thank you all for your time

[scruie]

We have a lovely new Linux section...maybe you missed it. So I moved your post to it. It's all alternative in here ;)


Check out the sticky, very useful.

[luck777jojo]

Ubuntu is really popupalr nowadays same an Mandriva but I still would go with SuSe.

I use SuSe myself and I find it's pretty damn fast plus its security is decent as well. Haven't even had any problems with it not detecting any of my hardware (except the wireless card on my laptop, but I seem to have that problem with most linux distros anyways so it's not SuSe which is at fault).

SuSe is extremely easy to install and use as well, if you've never had any previous linux, unix, or BSD expereince I would highly recommend it, it will be the easiest switch and will give you a nice managable learning curve so you can figure out what is what. At the same time it's built well enough to be usefull for advanced users as well.

And SuSe has alot of packages included by default so you won't have to go around the net searching for software which you might require.

BTW the RPM system is damn easy to use, sure it may not be optimal, but if you want optimal you better get down to the core and start compiling the packages you need yourself from the source files, that will also help security since you can always look over the code before compiling and if you find any backdoors/bugs you can fix them (if you know some C/C++ that is).

[mrgrim]

thanks luck777 you helped me out ill try suse its free like the rest im guessing?also im looking into learning c++ java perl etc i picked up books on all im currently learning asp and php for dynamic web design i know html and i have a good editor and i have knowlege in a few graphic programs (photoshop maya etc) any ideas on what else i should pick up im interested in creating sites like this one but with different content you seem like a cool guy or girl with alotta knowledege and knowledege is power...

[luck777jojo]

http://en.opensuse.org/Download

as for building sites.... if there is one thing I've learned from the 2 years of CompSci I already took...... never build something that is already made unless you absolutely have to. Never roll your own crypto cause it's gonna break faster than anything out right now, and never try to secure something with your own programs/code.

MPC is being run using vbulletin (www.vbulletin.com) and I have to say that it is probably the best choice for a forum, they are quick on the updates and are rather secure. You can also try IPB (www.invisionpower.com) they are also doing a good job ATM.

As for making a main site.... yeah you'll need to know php probably for that as well as mysql if you want to integrate it with your forum. But other than that you won't need any more, specific, programming knowledge to be able to run a site.

If you plan on learning programming the best way is to take some classes, if that is not an option make sure you try out every example in the books, if they're e-books print them out, make sure you don't just copy and paste code, that won't help you learn. and as for compilers and editors the best way is usually the simplest, don't use anything overly complicated.

For windows I would suggest using SciTE (www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html) for most programming projects, it's simple and it has syntax highlighting which is always a great plus, for C++ though I like developing in MS Visual Studio simply because it gives nicer debugging errors though it doesn't produce as nice and optimized code as say.... MinGW (www.mingw.org)
For Linux VI is great for writing the code, it has syntax highlighting as well and is quite easy to work in IMHO (people will argue that PICO is better but they're just trying to cover up the fact that they aren't cool enough for VI :P).
As for compiling in linux.... using gcc for anything c/c++ related is the best way to go, it's built in by default and it's really optimized, though the error messages are crap just like with MinGW :(

[mrgrim]

Thank you very much you just answered alot of my questions im gonna donate to this site in the near future. so far nothing but a good experence on this site friendly people and moderators

thanks...

[luck777jojo]

yeah well glad to help... I think :x

feel free to post whatever else questions you have and we'll do our best to answer them, I'm sure this applies to everyone here not just myself.