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Aragorn · 13-02-2009, 13:48

Try a couple of LiveCD's and see what takes your fancy.
Distros I have used -
Fedora (more cutting edge than RHEL/Centos)
RHEL / Centos - mainstream 'corporate' Linux (if Linux can be mainstream)
OpenSUSE - imo easier to work with than Fedora, but still flexible
SLES - enterprise server version of Suse
Ubuntu - too tightly packaged for my liking

I would suggest looking at OpenSUSE and Fedora/Centos first.

The keyboard / mouse should work with most recent distros, with a possible question against the server versions.

Also need to think about which window manager - most come with Gnome as default, but KDE is more 'windoze-like'. If the machine is up to spec you could try Compiz Fusion (3d effects etc).

13-02-2009, 13:48	#3
Aragorn Inactive Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Minas Tirith, Gondor Age: 60 Posts: 3,458	Re: Linux which one Try a couple of LiveCD's and see what takes your fancy. Distros I have used - Fedora (more cutting edge than RHEL/Centos) RHEL / Centos - mainstream 'corporate' Linux (if Linux can be mainstream) OpenSUSE - imo easier to work with than Fedora, but still flexible SLES - enterprise server version of Suse Ubuntu - too tightly packaged for my liking I would suggest looking at OpenSUSE and Fedora/Centos first. The keyboard / mouse should work with most recent distros, with a possible question against the server versions. Also need to think about which window manager - most come with Gnome as default, but KDE is more 'windoze-like'. If the machine is up to spec you could try Compiz Fusion (3d effects etc).