good alternative OSs

Anybody have a good recommendation for a good OS?

I'm currently running an AMD Turion 64 dual core, with Windows XP. Got 2 gigs of RAM.

I use my computer primarily to surf the web. I'm pretty happy with how fast my computer is, but I want something just a little faster, and something that has just a little more security than windows... Ok, maybe a lot more security.

 

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Windows talking to Microsoft without asking permission really creeps me out...
Right now my wife's got Slackware running on my 'puter...

My wife thinks I ought to try Fedora.
I hate it when she upgrades my computer...first she screams and curses at it a lot, and then I can't find anything...
But she says Fedora's simple, rock-stable, and will come with security patches, as it's intended as a business release, nor are they going to move things around on me.

A dual OS setup can be done with Linux/Windows, but I am not the Geek-Designate. I just know we can boot into Windows on both computers for gaming, and play Fallout on her computer...not that I want to waste time playing computer games-too much to do.

 

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I've been using Linux Mint for about a year on an older machine. I'm pretty happy with it. You might also want to have a look at Ubuntu.

 

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I'd would say upgrade to windows 7 I just hope your cpu can handle it.

 

Fedora is a primarily a development OS for those creating software for Red Hat or Scientific Linux distros. It has a quick release cycle of about 6 months and is not dedicated to stability...some versions have been more stable than others, 11 and 13 were pretty bad...so far 14 has been great.

If you want stable products with slower release cycles and moderately up-to-date, go with Debian. If you want the MOST stable free distro out there go with CentOS.

 

I tried Ubuntu once. I really liked it a lot. but I couldn't get it to install properly. I could only get it to install on top if windows, which sucked cause then I couldn't access all my windows files from it, so it was essentially useless.
I'd like to try it again, but I tried everything under the sun to get it to install properly, and I couldn't figure it out.

 

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Do a little research on the different distros and see which one you like.

P.S. RUN A LINUX SUPERCOMP, IT WILL BE WORTH IT!

 

A lot of old computers have trouble installing, my ancient laptop have the same prob.

 

I recently upgraded to Windows 7 from Windows XP. I bypassed Vista, which I think, from what I've heard, was probably a good idea.

They used to say that Linux is only free if your time has no value. That may still be the case to a certain extent, but it's definitely a lot easier to install / use than it used to be. If you're fancying Linux then, personally, I recommend Debian linux for the reasons mentioned above. You also tend to get a choice of desktop managers with Linux distributions. I can recommend GNOME.