What Linux to Linux

[Archmage Joda]

So, I find myself with a 1 TB external hard drive in my possession, so I say to myself "Hey, I think I'll put some linux on here too." Problem is, I can't decide what distro to go with. Currently I'm looking at Ubuntu and Source Mage, but does anyone on here more linux savvy than I have any suggestions/help to offer?

[altpersona]

ubuntu 10.4 is very nice.

the machine its going to run on matters abit in your selection.

[Dictum Mortuum]

If you're new to linux, ubuntu is pretty good.

[Littha]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/loadingreadyrun/1726-Installation-Anxiety-2010

[Dictum Mortuum]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/loadingreadyrun/1726-Installation-Anxiety-2010

hahaha

[Ruam]

Is 10.4 any better than Karmic? I have not updated yet

[altpersona]

probably.. but i bet it wont seem like it...

[Dictum Mortuum]

Usually, newer versions have lots of bugs Unless you want to be a lab rat, it's a good idea to wait a few months before upgrading.

[Ruam]

I learned that from Jaunty, I updated a few minutes after they released Karmic and had to wipe my drive clean and start once again since I could not get it to fix some of the bugs (according to friend of mine a few important packages was missing in the first release and my computer refused to get them). This time I'm waiting a while

[KellKheraptis]

Bit of a dated post, but to give you an idea how nice 10.04 is, I'm typing this on a 10 year old Compaq Armada 700M with LXDE metasession, and it runs just fine.  It runs circles around the XP machine (with about 700 mhz more processor...at 1.7 ghz lmao) on youtube, even.

[altpersona]

upped my main pc to U10.10

so far im very happy, but i knew i would be...

[Monotremeancer]

upped my main pc to U10.10

so far im very happy, but i knew i would be...

Worth updating from the previous one? I was thinking of wiping my drive clean and get a fresh start with a new OS since it's been giving me some troubles lately (such as firefox refusing to work no matter what I try, Chrome is okay, but it's not the same ).

[altpersona]

if your having trouble with the old one, then ya i would upgrade..

iv only done one of my three machines so far... and so far its good.

[Monotremeancer]

Time to ask my roomie to clear some space on his external hard drive so I can do some safe-copying in other words