Finding a decent Linux distro
I recently acquired (thanks Mum & Dad) a new Dell Inspiron 530 computer, and one of the first things I do in such circumstances (which don't come that often, admittedly) is to install Linux on it.
I've spent the last week and a bit trying one Linux distribution after another, trying to find one that "just works". The most recent (probably latest but one by the time you read this) edition of Linux Format declares that Fedora 10 "kicks Ubuntu's ass", Ubuntu being the distribution bankrolled by Mark "first African in space" Shuttleworth (the name means "humanity" in a South African native language). Ubuntu is the most popular version, and comes in two currently popular versions: the long-term support (meaning three-year support) version released in April 2008, nicknamed "Hardy Heron", and the 18-month supported version released in October, codenamed "Intrepid Ibex". Fedora is descended from the old Red Hat Linux, and Red Hat has concentrated on building an enterprise version of Linux and selling support contracts (the red hat in their logo is a fedora). I had Intrepid already installed on my laptop, and I did not really want another system running Ubuntu.
So, after several failed attempts to use Firefox to download the DVD of Fedora 10 the weekend before last, I finally got the whole thing downloaded with a command-line download program (called wget), burned it to DVD and started on installing it.
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