Old post, but I just read today in PC World that a newer Ubuntu Linux is out.

http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.10/

It is called Gutsy Gibbon, and much better than the prior version of Ubuntu I tried before.

I will try this on my old PC when I get some free time.

I had good luck with the prior one I tired out before.

 

I have played with a couple of Fedora Cores as well as CentOS releases and love them. I wish I had more time to....Wait a minute, I do have enough time. Dang it, look what y'all got started! Now I'm going to have to start playing with it again.

 

That came out in October Corey, I've been running pretty much since then on a dedicated pc, and dual boot it on my laptop.
I like compiz, it adds neat features to the desktop

 

I could never get the old Ubuntu I tried to install.
I had to boot off of the CD, then install it and run it.

As soon as you restarted the PC, it was gone.

Maybe I can setup the new one so it will run with XP on my old PC?

I do not want to mess up my new PC I just built.

 

That's what I have on my laptop, it's nice. I just need the xp still for all the plc programming etc I do.

 

Hey Corey, here is a youtube clip which show all the desktop effects for compiz fusion. I have it enabled on both my laptop and my regular pc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Fbk52Mk1w

It's fun stuff to play with, and I especially got used to having a couple of desktops available to switch around in. I actually miss that feature while using MS windows nowadays.

 

Thanks Arjan, will check out the video.

 

im lookin to go linux on my xp computer and run dual os's. in fact my hd is already partitioned. the windows partition is 20GB and the other is 20 gb, which is blank. anyone have any luck with fedora? ive heard red hat is a pita. im lookin for something good, yet free.

 

Ubuntu is the distribution of choice, especially for beginners. It's very easy to setup and configures itself very well.
One thing I found in the past (don't know if it still holds) is that it's a good idea to connect the usb devices etc. when you're installing the operating system.
Most things do get picked up automatically later though, I had an issue with a scanner once after I had installed everything. It did get recognized, but I wasn't allowed to use it. Only the admin (root) account has access to it, and I needed to set the user permissions manually so everybody could access it.
Lots of help & info available on the ubuntu forums though, which makes it a good distro to start with.

 

oki thanks. ill let everyone know how it does in 8 hours when its finished downloading