# Os?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [October 24, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898 "2006-10-24T13:47:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@evildrummer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/evildrummer)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898/1 "2006-10-24T13:47:29Z")
Ok, so I have received a spare box, it currently has no OS, so I need to choose what to run, I dont really want another windows as I already have a spare windows, and so I was thinking of a linux distro.
Specs that I know:
500mHz (I think I can get a 700MHz one though
365mb of ram but I think I can boost it to 512MB.
SO what should I get:
I already have the disc for Red Hat Fedora 2.
I was thinking of Ubuntu but I am open to all opinions 😃
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### Author:  [@nobody](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nobody)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898/2 "2006-10-24T14:00:21Z")
I used Ubuntu two versions ago and it was awesome then, so I imagine it’s even better now.
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### Author:  [@evildrummer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/evildrummer)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898/3 "2006-10-24T14:37:53Z")
well I was thinking Ubuntu but i dont know the system requirements or anything ☹
OR, anyone got a copy of Goobuntu?
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### Author:  [@chrisclick](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chrisclick)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898/4 "2006-10-24T15:01:30Z")
Ubuntu is the way to go or Suse 10 or Novell 😉
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### Author:  [@evildrummer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/evildrummer)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898/5 "2006-10-24T15:04:15Z")
well Suse isnt free so I guess its ubuntu for me, but can I use appache, PHP and MySQL with it?
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### Author:  [@nobody](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nobody)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898/6 "2006-10-24T15:06:04Z")
Absolutely. I think it even comes with those installed. PHP does for sure, I’m not positive on the other two.
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### Author:  [@hybrid101](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hybrid101)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898/7 "2006-10-24T15:06:50Z")
goobuntu is opensource too, right? if so, download the iso in the official site;)
yes, i would use ubuntu too:)
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### Author:  [@nobody](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nobody)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898/8 "2006-10-24T15:17:49Z")
Check out Xubuntu actually, it’s made for slower machines.
[http://www.xubuntu.org/](http://www.xubuntu.org/)
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### Author:  [@mathew\_er](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mathew_er)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898/9 "2006-10-24T15:34:10Z")
Windows
:trout:
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### Author:  [@ya3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ya3)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898/10 "2006-10-24T15:44:09Z")
ZOMG!!! Use h4x0r Mac OSx86… or Vista :pope:
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### Author:  [@skOOb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skOOb)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898/11 "2006-10-24T17:13:21Z")
ubuntu. that is all.
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### Author:  [@chrisclick](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chrisclick)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898/12 "2006-10-24T18:51:33Z")
Does this not belong in the Computer forum?
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898/13 "2006-10-24T18:52:09Z")
Ubuntu. Or Debian if you’re 1337.
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### Author:  [@keisari](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/keisari)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898/14 "2006-10-24T20:44:14Z")
Come on people!
Real men run Gentoo. Gentoo lets you compile exactly what you need so every package runs optimal for your specific machine. It’s a little hard to set up though. [www.gentoo.org](http://www.gentoo.org)
Ubuntu is for n00bs!
My opinions are biased since I’m a computer science major
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898/15 "2006-10-24T21:47:46Z")
You can compile packages for any Linux distribution if you download the source packages, just like in Gentoo. This applies to Ubuntu and Debian.
Gentoo simply _requires_ this. It’s not unique in allowing it.
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### Author:  [@hl1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hl1)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898/16 "2006-10-24T21:51:52Z")
slackwareee
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### Author:  [@evildrummer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/evildrummer)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898/17 "2006-10-24T22:06:44Z")
ok, does a 512bm of ram, 500MHz processor count as slow? I think I might get ubuntu as I want goobuntu just cant find it anywhere, I think they only released it inside google, and so yeah, Ill start with that, when I get bored just change to a more complex distro.
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### Author:  [@evildrummer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/evildrummer)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898/18 "2006-10-24T22:19:42Z")
ok, before I head in for the night, I have a list of questions,
Is my system counted as slow(512mb ram, 500MHz processor)?
Do you know where I can get goobuntu?
Are there any other linux distros I should get, if so please explaion why that one?
Am I the bestest guy ever now that I have over 1,000 posts?
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898/19 "2006-10-24T22:24:08Z")
I don’t think goobuntu even exists… I’m betting it was just rumor. If so, I’m betting it’s very secret and private.
Some popular distros you might try if you don’t like Ubuntu:
[list][_]Debian (Ubuntu is based on this… it’s quite nice)
[_]Gentoo (difficult to install, though)
[_]Fedora Core (sponsored by Red Hat… very easy to install with Anaconda)
[_]openSUSE/SUSE (openSUSE is free+open-source, SUSE isn’t; both have YaST, which is a nice package tool)[/list]
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### Author:  [@evildrummer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/evildrummer)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/os/204898/20 "2006-10-24T22:28:22Z")
Goobuntu is real, I tell you, both the sponsor of Ubuntu and google itself declared of its existance,
I have fedora core 2 already, well not installed just the install discs, I used it before it was nice, so I am gonna work my way through all the distros now until I find a really nice customizeable one.
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