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Suse is an awesome distro, agreed! Would it be good for a linux noob? I'm pretty much clueless to linux, but i'm a really fast learner. Yes. Suse is very user-friendly. It has an intuitive install routine that'll guide you through it, very windows like. I've used Suse 9.1, 10.0, and 10.1, and they really are good. You can download opensuse for free or order it for a few bucks on-line. Other very good first time choices are Mandriva or Ubuntu. Download- Open Suse

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We don't have scorching summers up here, but, our winters are not too extreme either. Once in awhile we'll have weather that dips to 14 degrees in the winter months. The good thing is I live on the coast so the ocean makes the temperature less variable. If you drive 1 1/2 hours inland during the winter months the tempearture can be -22 degrees. Wow, is there a waiting list for this area or can I move in immediatly? We have cruise ships that dock in our town every Thursday that originate from the USA:-) There are places available; I'll buy you a cold one when you come to town.

We don't have scorching summers up here, but, our winters are not too extreme either. Once in awhile we'll have weather that dips to 14 degrees in the winter months. The good thing is I live on the coast so the ocean makes the temperature less variable. If you drive 1 1/2 hours inland during the winter months the temperature can be -22 degrees.

Suse is an awesome distro, agreed!

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Ill switch with you for a week Yeah, it actually isn't too bad, I shouldn't whine:-) I really don't like weather that is too hot.......I've lived here on the B.C coast all of my life and have become acustomed to mild weather. Man, the states are getting scorched. I hope you guys get relief soon:-)

Agreed. There have been enough hurricanes! Enough already!

It is grey, overcast, cool, and 57 degrees in northern Canada. Some more summer weather would be nice.

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As shanenin said you don't want to go too much below 256 MB RAM. A 20 GB HD, 256 MB of RAM, and a Plll 800 will run most distros. I run a Plll 800 with 256 MB RAM and an 18 GB scsi drive, running Slackware, and it runs fine. Some distros require a bit more RAM to run optimally.

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I haven't run Kubuntu/Ubuntu as a server. I've run Mandriva as an Apache web server. Here's a link to setting up an Ubuntu server. Looks easy enough. Hope that helps. Ubuntu Server p.s. I've run Suse 10.1 that is also a good choice:-)

Happy Birthday, goman87!!! I hope you have a great day today!!

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I highly recommend Kubuntu, Martint! The good people at Ubuntu have really improved this distro over the years. Kubuntu supports a wide range of hardware, new and old; it has exceptional hardware detection. Also Kubuntu has an easy update feature built in to allow you to install new security patches as they become available. Another selling point is the fact that Kubuntu/Ubuntu will guide you through setting up a dual boot with Windows should you wish to do that. The experts here may have some other suggestions for you:-) Linux rules!

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Hi Martint, I'll move this to the Linux forum:-)

Good stuff, marty:-) I'm sending that one off too.

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It is sunny and clear, here in Northern B.C., Canada. It is a balmy 61 degrees up here:-)