Choosing the correct open source operating system
I like a variety to choose from, but when the variety is too big it becomes overwhelming. When searching for Open Source operating systems you start to encounter a lot of unknown names: Fedora, Red Hat, Debian, GNU, and many more. Here is a full list of all open source linux distributions.
How can a beginner like me know what to choose from?
Well it was quite easy!
After reading a bit about the variety of systems, checking out the internet site of the various open source operating systems, reading reviews and articles, and of course after reading the comment Peterix left on my previous post I came to one obvious conclusion.
The chosen open source operating system I want to try is: Ubuntu.
The reasons for choosing Ubuntu over other open source operating systems are:
1. Is is extremely user friendly, very good for beginners or people with no programing experience, who want a simple and easy to learn window based operating system.
2. The community is very supportive, when you encounter a problem you just need to search for a solution and you can find it easily.
3. Every 6 months an updated version is released regularly.
4. The final reason isn’t connected with computers, it is rather personal. Ubuntu is an operating system which originated in South Africa, as having a common denominator with Ubuntu (I am not an operating system but I was born in South Africa), I felt that by choosing Ubuntu I gave some respect to my roots.
Ubuntu is a word in Zulu which means Humanity to others. A very important message to all humanity.
I can write all about Ubuntu history and releases but It is all written on the official Ubuntu site.
After choosing the open source operating system it is time to get down to business.
The next stage:
Downloading, Burning & Trying Ubuntu on the Live CD without touching anything on the hard drive.
February 12th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
When you mentioned open source operating systems, I think the two main categories are Unix-based Distros like OpenSolaris, etc. and the Linux-based Distros, like Ubuntu , Fedora , etc.
Also, a better way to evaluate Open source Distros is to get hold of LiveCDs for the Distro (most modern Distros have a LiveCD version) and play around with it and of course, do all the checking out of websites, etc. as you mentioned.
After you are done with the hands-on experience, you can try it out
February 13th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
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