2007-01-07 05:53:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
This answer changes over time.
The answer now, after much testing, is Ubuntu linux.
However probably the MOST friendly Linux is one that a friend of yours has or the user's group has.
Ubuntu is trying very hard ..
It truly is very easy to install (if you have 256mb of ram or more and a good internet connection). And there is a very active community.
You put in a bootable cdrom, answer a few questions, and its off to the races. It will auto install, and if you have broadband it will pick up all the patches like windows update will.
One can setup a dual boot condition .. but if you are very new to this it is best to dedicate a cheap machien to this. If you do dual boot .. put in a 2nd hard drive. it makes this much easier.
"the official ubuntu book" is a good place to start. It is pretty good for beginners.
http://www.ubuntu.com/
(there is not that much difference between 6.06 -the long term support version with the book, and the new latest and greatest 6.10))
I used to think Red Hat and Fedora were friendly to users .. and there is much info and books out there. But now Ubuntu is making more of an effort.
enjoy
2007-01-07 06:12:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The term linux itself makes you the question on user friendly ness , it shows that linux is not user friendly, but it is also changing and opensource market is rising today,
All linux versions are friendly as some of them are in commercial market also, if you want a free and user friendly OS. then i would recommand fedora linux.
2007-01-07 06:02:57 · answer #2 · answered by Vinothbabu 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go for Redhat's Fedora Core 6 (http://fedora.redhat.com), and buy "Linux System Administration Handbook" by Evi Nemeth (http://admin.com) if you really wanna go beyond a novice user's level. It's always first time but don't let it last for too long.
2007-01-07 07:18:44 · answer #3 · answered by abhinav 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what's the chipset on your on the spot card? if it rather is broadcom then you particularly're going to have difficulty with all linux distros. did you install ndiswrapper? properly when you consider that ubuntu isn't working, attempt pclinuxos, linux mint, or fedora
2016-11-27 02:02:46 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah it's ubuntu 5.0
u can get ur free copy here
www.shipit.ubuntu.com
2007-01-07 06:19:56 · answer #5 · answered by Atul Barapatre 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋