I concur. I also strongly recommend running additional hosts as virtual machines (either with VirtualBox or VMware Player/Workstation) instead of dual booting. VMs are much nicer to use. -- -Eric 'shubes' Bryan O'Neal wrote: > I agree - The SuSE, RedHat (Fedora), and Debian (Ubuntu) branches are > quite different but all very good. See which one you like best. > Personally I loved SuSE at first but could not spend the time to learn > it as well as Fedora or Ubuntu. And, well, Ubuntu just amazes me at > how simple it can be for simple things, like printing, so it get heavy > props. > For servers I am almost pure RedHat (Cent OS to be specific) for > desktops I have one Ubuntu and one Fedora on my desk. I use them both > equally. > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Mark Phillips > wrote: >> I am partial to Debian. I have it running on a a 64bit Dell laptop for about >> 6 months with no problems. I also run Windows 7 Pro as a virtual machine. >> >> Mark >> >> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:58 PM, mike Enriquez wrote: >>> I am planning to build a dual boot workstation. It will a 64bit computer >>> with Windows 7 pro but I have yet to select a linux distro. >>> I am open to any suggestions. Which linux distro would you use. My only >>> requirement is that it further my linux education. >>> I am willing to try any Linux Distro in workstation or server version. >>> >>> Also what would you put into your 64 bit computer? I am planning to use an >>> i7 extreme processor on an MSI X58 pro-E motherboard. Ram is going to be >>> DDR3 1600 MHz. >>> >>> I am open to any ideas. Please send me your ideas. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Mike Enriquez >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss