Ngenkathi kukhona izinguqulo eziningi ("ukusabalalisa") kwe-Linux okumele ukhethe kuzo, ukukhetha okulungile kuwe kungabonakala uma nje wazi izidingo zakho futhi uzimisele ukwenza ucwaningo.
- Isenzo sokulinganisa: Ubuntu Linux, i-Red Hat ne-Fedora Linux, i-Mandriva Linux, ne-SuSE Linux ukunikezwa kokunikezela, ukuguquguquka, nokusebenzelana komsebenzisi. Yizona ezazisakazwa kakhulu ze-Linux.
- Simple futhi kulula: Lycoris Linux, Xandros Linux kanye Linespire kuhle ukukhetha isikhathi sokuqala.
- Kulabo abazimisele ukuyeka kalula ukuzwa ukukhanya kwemvelo, ukulula, nokuzinza kokusabalalisa kwangempela kwe-Linux: I-Slackware izoba yisinqumo esinengqondo.
- Ufuna ukuzama i-Linux kepha ungafuni ukubhekana nokuhlupheka kokufaka i-OS entsha? Ukunikezelwa kwe-CD kungase kube impendulo yakho. I-Knoppix iyithandani ethandwayo kulesi sigaba. Ubuntu kanye nezinye izimpahla eziningi zinikeza le ndlela futhi.
Ukubukeka okusheshayo kokusabalalisa okukhulunywe ngenhla:
- I-Ubuntu Linux manje mhlawumbe isakazwa kakhulu futhi sithandwa kakhulu kwe-Linux. Yenzelwe kahle, kulula ukuyisebenzisa futhi isithuthukise ukusetshenziswa kwe- Linux njengesistimu yokusebenza yedeskithophu kunoma yikuphi ukusabalalisa.
- I-Red Hat Linux iye yahlala isikhashana futhi izuze idumela lokuvumelana nokuthembeka. Kungenzeka ukuthi akuyona into elula ukuyisebenzisa noma ukusatshalaliswa kunqenqemeni kakhulu, kodwa inikeza uhlobo lokusekela okusezingeni eliphezulu oluthathwa yizinkampani, okwenza kube yi-standard de-facto kumabhizinisi aseMelika.
- I-Fedora Core iyi-distribution ye-Linux exhaswe yi-Red Hat. Izinhloso ze-Fedora Linux zihlukile kwalabo abakwaRed Hat lapho i-Fedora ibandakanya umphakathi ovulekile futhi uhlolwa ngokwengeziwe emvelweni.
- I-Mandriva Linux iye yathandwa kakhulu phakathi kwabasebenzisi abasha nabasekhaya. Ukufakwa ikakhulukazi komsebenzisi-friendly, futhi kugijima ngokuzenzakalelayo i-Windows Windows-efana nedeskithophu yemvelo yedeskithophu.
- I-SuSE Linux yinto ehlukile ebalulekile kubasebenzisi be-Windows, ngokufakwa okuqinile, okusetshenziselwa umsebenzisi-friendly namathuluzi wokucushwa. Ukuthandwa kwalo kugcinwa emuva kancane nje ngokuthi "ukungasebenzi kwe-Linux efana" nezenzo zebhizinisi, njengokungahlinzeki izithombe ze- ISO zokufaka ukulanda mahhala. Benza, noma kunjalo, banikeza ukufakwa kwamahhala kwe-FTP.
- I-Lycoris yenzelwe ukusabalalisa kwe-Linux enomsebenzisi ngokugcizelela okukhethekile ekushintsheni kusuka kuma-operating systems e-Windows . Ukukhetha okuhle kwabaqalayo.
- I-Xandros Linux iyisinqumo esihle kubaqalayo abangenandaba ukukhipha ama-dollar ambalwa ukuze uthole umkhiqizo ongakhathazeki. Ihlanjululwe futhi inokwethenjelwa kodwa ngezingxenye eziqondene nokuvimbela kabusha ukusabalalisa. Akukho ukulandwa kwamahhala.
- Ukufakwa kwesofthiwe esekelwe kwi- Linspire okukodwa kuyashesha futhi kulula. Imali yonyaka yikhokhiswayo yokufinyelela i-software ye-Lindows software.
- I-Knoppix inikeza isisombululo esihle kakhulu se-run-from-CD, enezici zayo ezinamandla zokuthola i-hardware nokusethwa kwamahhala. Uma ufisa, uhlelo lungenziwa ngokuzikhethela kwi-hard disk ukuze uthuthukise ukusebenza. Kubuye futhi ne-software eningi.
- I-Slackware Linux yithuba elihle lokufunda ngesistimu yokusebenza ye-Linux. Ikubuyisela umqondo wokulahlekelwa isikhathi eside nokunika amandla. Ngeke usaba nesihe se-graphical set-up wizards kanye nemvelaphi emangalisayo amademoni.
Uma usazi ukuthi yikuphi ukusatshalaliswa ofuna ukuqala, khetha ukusabalalisa komgwaqo phakathi no-Red Hat noma i-Mandriva. I-SuSE ibonakala iyithandwa kakhulu eYurophu. Zama eyodwa futhi ujabule ngawo. Uma ungathandi ukukhetha kwakho kokuqala, zama enye. Uma usukwabiwa ngokusebenzayo ngokuvamile akuyona umehluko omkhulu phakathi kokusabalalisa okuvamile; bahlanganyela izinhlamvu ezifanayo futhi basebenzisa ikakhulukazi amaphakheji wesofthiwe efanayo. Ungangeza kalula noma yikuphi amaphakheji e-software angafakiwe ekufakweni kwakho kwasekuqaleni.
Inothi elibalulekile: Noma nini lapho uhlola ukufakwa kwesistimu yokusebenza kufanele ulungiselele ukuthi konke okuqukethwe kwakho disk hard kungase kulahleke. Njalo qinisekisa ukuthi usekele konke idatha yakho ebalulekile nesofthiwe! Indlela elula yokufaka i-OS entsha, njenge-Linux, ukuyifaka kwi disk entsha (engahlukanisiwe), noma ku-disk eyinkimbinkimbi engenahlukanisiwe (okungenani GB eziningana).