On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Dan Smith <dan.smith225 at gmail.com> 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 All has their pros and cons. I would recommend Ubuntu for a home system - read mail, browse Internet, word processing. For a workstation - joining domains, development, server setup (for dev purposes), etc. - OpenSuse is the way to go. YaST is very powerful configuration tool in that regard. That's what I actually do - opensuse at work and on my main machine at home and my laptop, and ubuntu for my kids, wife and friends. -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just a pile of scrap.