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01-10-2012, 06:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-10-2012, 06:04 PM by AceInfinity.)
Any would work, you can run programs with Wine, or a paid program like CrossOver. However if you're beginning, I would recommend Linux Mint. It's great, minimal, it looks nice, and is very easy to use, but very customizable.
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I have used Linux Mint and Ubuntu already. It just isn't what I am looking for. Any other ideas on what a good distro might be?
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You can try Fedora or CentOS.
If you want to manage your network, I found a really great one the other day called ClearOS. I don't think this allows you to use the computer as a desktop computer though. I haven't looked into it much as I'm waiting on a computer to arrive with a second NIC so I can run it in "Gateway mode".
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I reccomand using Fedora, Debian, or Archlinux or the easier to set-up Archbang.
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I personally enjoy using Centos as it is very stable not updates every month and alot of nice features however there is alot of diffrent versions of linux i would advise trying a variation of os's and find which one fits you best as someone using centos on here could be adapted to using that and cant use what the other person is using. Each to there own as i would say. Regards UB3R
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I just installed Ubuntu, I like it to an extent but my problem is dual monitors.
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