Forum :: Lounge :: Windows 7&8 on my torrent list. Which to give more priority?

So yeah, bored. Put together a desktop, gonna play with OSes till I find which is right for me. 8 is just for giggles, but I might turn around and like it (very slim possibility).

So, how many fellas have a flavor of Linux installed? What's good these days?

Edit: Desktop is 2.6Ghz Pentium 4. 768MB ram. Popped Windows Vista Eval on it, seems to run Aero interface just fine. Should run Aero on Win 7, right?

Ams pretty? Windows 7 on my laptop.

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Wish upon a star!

Cancel Windows 8.
Try Win 7 or Ubuntu or Linux Mint.

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I personally wouldn't go for Windows 8. I tried out the developers preview a while back and i didn't like it.

The whole dashboard thing just killed it. I'm currently dual-booting Win 7 & Arch Linux.

There are a bunch of good distros out there but the few that i think are good are:

• Ubuntu (Obviously)
• Backtrack
• Arch Linux
• Mint
• Fedora

They are all pretty light weight and don't need much to run. Anyways, if i were you i would try out Windows 8 for myself.
There are a lot of opinions floating around and until you try it yourself you won't see which is right. Hope this helped.

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Doug: Never heard of the desktops MATE and Cinnamon. 0_o

Haze: Tried Win 8 Developer. Sucked, as you suggested.

Edit: Hahaha, oh crap. Found my Release Preview. *prioritizes Win 7*

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Plasmastar posted: (9th Dec 2012, 05:16 pm)

Doug: Never heard of the desktops MATE and Cinnamon. 0_o

Haze: Tried Win 8 Developer. Sucked, as you suggested.

I agree with Doug, Mint 13 has gotten a lot of buzz lately.
Apparently it's "the best one, yet". I suggest you try it out alongside with Ubuntu.
If you are new to Linux, don't bother with Arch Linux or Red Hat. You're best bet would probably be Ubuntu.

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Haze posted: (9th Dec 2012, 05:22 pm)

Plasmastar posted: (9th Dec 2012, 05:16 pm)

Doug: Never heard of the desktops MATE and Cinnamon. 0_o

Haze: Tried Win 8 Developer. Sucked, as you suggested.

I agree with Doug, Mint 13 has gotten a lot of buzz lately.
Apparently it's "the best one, yet". I suggest you try it out alongside with Ubuntu.
If you are new to Linux, don't bother with Arch Linux or Red Hat. You're best bet would probably be Ubuntu.

I'm not new to Linux, and I agree Ubuntu has stepped up their game aesthetically, but has decreased their chances of reaching older machines. I personally adored the fuck out of Suse Linux, my attempt to burn the latest version last time failed though, so I got frightened away. xD

P.S. Red Hat was my first distro.

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Plasmastar posted: (9th Dec 2012, 05:29 pm)

Haze posted: (9th Dec 2012, 05:22 pm)

Plasmastar posted: (9th Dec 2012, 05:16 pm)

Doug: Never heard of the desktops MATE and Cinnamon. 0_o

Haze: Tried Win 8 Developer. Sucked, as you suggested.

I agree with Doug, Mint 13 has gotten a lot of buzz lately.
Apparently it's "the best one, yet". I suggest you try it out alongside with Ubuntu.
If you are new to Linux, don't bother with Arch Linux or Red Hat. You're best bet would probably be Ubuntu.

I'm not new to Linux, and I agree Ubuntu has stepped up their game aesthetically, but has decreased their chances of reaching older machines. I personally adored the fuck out of Suse Linux, my attempt to burn the latest version last time failed though, so I got frightened away. xD

P.S. Red Hat was my first distro.

I agree, but older versions of Ubuntu are still available at their website.
Anyways, Windows 7 is your all around best bet. I would personally still go with XP but it is a bit outdated.

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Haze posted: (9th Dec 2012, 06:56 pm)

Plasmastar posted: (9th Dec 2012, 05:29 pm)

Haze posted: (9th Dec 2012, 05:22 pm)

Plasmastar posted: (9th Dec 2012, 05:16 pm)

Doug: Never heard of the desktops MATE and Cinnamon. 0_o

Haze: Tried Win 8 Developer. Sucked, as you suggested.

I agree with Doug, Mint 13 has gotten a lot of buzz lately.
Apparently it's "the best one, yet". I suggest you try it out alongside with Ubuntu.
If you are new to Linux, don't bother with Arch Linux or Red Hat. You're best bet would probably be Ubuntu.

I'm not new to Linux, and I agree Ubuntu has stepped up their game aesthetically, but has decreased their chances of reaching older machines. I personally adored the fuck out of Suse Linux, my attempt to burn the latest version last time failed though, so I got frightened away. xD

P.S. Red Hat was my first distro.

I agree, but older versions of Ubuntu are still available at their website.
Anyways, Windows 7 is your all around best bet. I would personally still go with XP but it is a bit outdated.

Windows XP is still a good choice. I'll probably go with that later on to make it a gaming machine.

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Wish upon a star!

Plasmastar posted: (9th Dec 2012, 07:27 pm)

Haze posted: (9th Dec 2012, 06:56 pm)

Plasmastar posted: (9th Dec 2012, 05:29 pm)

Haze posted: (9th Dec 2012, 05:22 pm)

Plasmastar posted: (9th Dec 2012, 05:16 pm)

Doug: Never heard of the desktops MATE and Cinnamon. 0_o

Haze: Tried Win 8 Developer. Sucked, as you suggested.

I agree with Doug, Mint 13 has gotten a lot of buzz lately.
Apparently it's "the best one, yet". I suggest you try it out alongside with Ubuntu.
If you are new to Linux, don't bother with Arch Linux or Red Hat. You're best bet would probably be Ubuntu.

I'm not new to Linux, and I agree Ubuntu has stepped up their game aesthetically, but has decreased their chances of reaching older machines. I personally adored the fuck out of Suse Linux, my attempt to burn the latest version last time failed though, so I got frightened away. xD

P.S. Red Hat was my first distro.

I agree, but older versions of Ubuntu are still available at their website.
Anyways, Windows 7 is your all around best bet. I would personally still go with XP but it is a bit outdated.

Windows XP is still a good choice. I'll probably go with that later on to make it a gaming machine.

A couple of things don't run on XP anymore. Main reason why i switch out to Win 7.

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Haze posted: (9th Dec 2012, 07:31 pm)

Plasmastar posted: (9th Dec 2012, 07:27 pm)

Haze posted: (9th Dec 2012, 06:56 pm)

Plasmastar posted: (9th Dec 2012, 05:29 pm)

Haze posted: (9th Dec 2012, 05:22 pm)

Plasmastar posted: (9th Dec 2012, 05:16 pm)

Doug: Never heard of the desktops MATE and Cinnamon. 0_o

Haze: Tried Win 8 Developer. Sucked, as you suggested.

I agree with Doug, Mint 13 has gotten a lot of buzz lately.
Apparently it's "the best one, yet". I suggest you try it out alongside with Ubuntu.
If you are new to Linux, don't bother with Arch Linux or Red Hat. You're best bet would probably be Ubuntu.

I'm not new to Linux, and I agree Ubuntu has stepped up their game aesthetically, but has decreased their chances of reaching older machines. I personally adored the fuck out of Suse Linux, my attempt to burn the latest version last time failed though, so I got frightened away. xD

P.S. Red Hat was my first distro.

I agree, but older versions of Ubuntu are still available at their website.
Anyways, Windows 7 is your all around best bet. I would personally still go with XP but it is a bit outdated.

Windows XP is still a good choice. I'll probably go with that later on to make it a gaming machine.

A couple of things don't run on XP anymore. Main reason why i switch out to Win 7.

Example? O_O

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Wish upon a star!

Plasmastar posted: (9th Dec 2012, 07:41 pm)

Haze posted: (9th Dec 2012, 07:31 pm)

Plasmastar posted: (9th Dec 2012, 07:27 pm)

Haze posted: (9th Dec 2012, 06:56 pm)

Plasmastar posted: (9th Dec 2012, 05:29 pm)

Haze posted: (9th Dec 2012, 05:22 pm)

Plasmastar posted: (9th Dec 2012, 05:16 pm)

Doug: Never heard of the desktops MATE and Cinnamon. 0_o

Haze: Tried Win 8 Developer. Sucked, as you suggested.

I agree with Doug, Mint 13 has gotten a lot of buzz lately.
Apparently it's "the best one, yet". I suggest you try it out alongside with Ubuntu.
If you are new to Linux, don't bother with Arch Linux or Red Hat. You're best bet would probably be Ubuntu.

I'm not new to Linux, and I agree Ubuntu has stepped up their game aesthetically, but has decreased their chances of reaching older machines. I personally adored the fuck out of Suse Linux, my attempt to burn the latest version last time failed though, so I got frightened away. xD

P.S. Red Hat was my first distro.

I agree, but older versions of Ubuntu are still available at their website.
Anyways, Windows 7 is your all around best bet. I would personally still go with XP but it is a bit outdated.

Windows XP is still a good choice. I'll probably go with that later on to make it a gaming machine.

A couple of things don't run on XP anymore. Main reason why i switch out to Win 7.

Example? O_O

Should've rephrased. Some games don't work.

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