Oh thanks for the link, it's all a matter of choosing the right words to 
google for :) That's a big help.

I guess my biggest problem is I don't know how I'm going to use it. I 
suspect what I want is to switch to linux for rendering and text editing pov 
files, and use windows for everything else. But of course if I get a distro 
of linux which gives me a nice way to do regular computing then I might use 
it exclusively and leave windows alone. I don't know what I want to use it 
for and I don't know how to figure that out except by talking to people who 
already use linux for pov.

Anyway, that link should help me understand /how/ to choose a distro. Even 
if I still don't know what I want! :)

-- 
Tek
http://evilsuperbrain.com

"Christoph Hormann" <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote in message 
news:dms198$l1b$1@chho.imagico.de...
> Tek wrote:
>>
>> Now I realise there's no straight answer to question 1 but I'm getting SO 
>> annoyed with linux users! Whenever I ask one of the guys at work they 
>> always name about a dozen versions of linux I should try. It's an OS! I 
>> don't want to try it, I just want to install one and use it!
>
> Then i'd seriously recommend you not to use Linux.  You should only use 
> Linux if:
>
> a) you want to and
> b) you are willing to accept the differences in design philosophy.  The 
> most important is the freedom of choice for nearly all elements and 
> aspects of the system.  This starts with the hardware (Linux runs on 
> nearly everything), continues with the large variety of distributions and 
> ends with for example the literally hundreds of mail clients you can use.
>
> I don't know anyone who started using Linux with these conditions not met 
> and who stayed with Linux on the long term.  OTOH i also don't know anyone 
> who started with these requirements and who did not stay with Linux.
>
> And Linux is not an OS, Linux is just a kernel.  When you are talking 
> about the whole OS you have the choice (and have to choose) between a lot 
> of alternatives for every single aspect (for example the GUI: KDE, GNOME 
> or various others).
>
> I'm not scared of having
>> to use a command prompt (I use linux remotely from a windows PC at work 
>> sometimes so I know my way around), I just want someone to tell me what 
>> the difference is between them.
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Linux+distributions+comparison
>
> BTW if you happen to decide for using Linux i would be interested in 
> benchmark results for a Turion system.
>
> Christoph
>
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