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knc1 · 09-12-2013, 08:40 AM

OpenSUSE is not a good **general** choice, it is vastly different than most Linux distributions.
The same comment goes for Slackware.

If you want to pick and choose for yourself:
http://livecdlist.com/operating-system/linux

Or try:
(Beginner easy): http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
or
(More general purpose): http://www.linuxmint.com/download.html

Note: Some of the developers are using Linux Mint
(with the 'mate' desktop - not that it matters with Linux, you can load any/all desktops and choose between them at login time).

AND: I would recommend that you use them as a "Live CD" (possibly installed to other media) rather than trying to run them in a VM.
(Unless your Mac is one of the PowerPC versions.)

09-12-2013, 08:40 AM	#434
knc1 Going Viral Posts: 17,212 Karma: 18210809 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Texas Device: No K1, PW2, KV, KOA	OpenSUSE is not a good general choice, it is vastly different than most Linux distributions. The same comment goes for Slackware. If you want to pick and choose for yourself: http://livecdlist.com/operating-system/linux Or try: (Beginner easy): http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html or (More general purpose): http://www.linuxmint.com/download.html Note: Some of the developers are using Linux Mint (with the 'mate' desktop - not that it matters with Linux, you can load any/all desktops and choose between them at login time). AND: I would recommend that you use them as a "Live CD" (possibly installed to other media) rather than trying to run them in a VM. (Unless your Mac is one of the PowerPC versions.) Last edited by knc1; 09-12-2013 at 08:43 AM.