Ubuntu seems to be popular with newcomers, and I like it. HTH On Oct 6, 2008, at 10:35 AM, Dan Smith wrote: > As naturally as it would happen in the MS world, I had my Quad Core > System > running Vista and with the most recent Windows Defender Security > Update, it > hosed my system. I was able to save my data, due to keeping on > another > drive seporate from Windows. > My question to the group is, I am alooking for a nice distro that > has alot > of packages, is light with the GUI (Not ready for text only..), and > something that supports the Multiple processor package (Since I'm > assuming > thats how Unix/Linux will read a quad core Phenom running at > 2.5ghz). I > currently have 4gb's of ram in the system and it's my goal to > keep that > memory in the box. > Can someone please help reccomend a strong distro with X86_x64 > support?... > Once I have looked at are Cent OS 5, and OpenSuse 11. > Thanks, > Dan > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list --- Eric Crist