Nangona kukho iinguqulelo ezininzi ("izabelo") ze Linux ukuba zikhethwe, ukukhetha enye into efanelekileyo kuwe ingaba yinto ecacileyo nje ngokuba uyazi iimfuno zakho kwaye uzimisele ukwenza uphando.
- I-balance balance: Ubuntu Linux, i-Red Hat ne-Fedora Linux, i-Mandriva Linux, kunye ne-SuSE Linux ukunikezela ngokuthembeka, ukuguquguquka, kunye nobuhlobo bomsebenzisi. Zizona zihanjiswe kakhulu kwiLuxux.
- Elula kwaye kulula: I-Lycoris Linux, i- Xandros Linux kunye ne-Linspire zikulungele ukukhetha okokuqala.
- Kwabo abazimisele ukuyeka ukulungele ukufumana ubunzulu, ukulula, ukuzinza, nokukhuseleka kwezabelo zangaphambili zeLinux: I-Slackware iya kuba yinto efanelekileyo.
- Ufuna ukuzama iLuxux kodwa ungafuni ukujongana nokulahleka kokufaka i-OS entsha? Ukunikezelwa kweCD-based kungaba yempendulo yakho. U-Knoppix uyithandwa okhethwe kulolu hlobo. Ubuntu kunye nezinye izibonelelo zinikeza le ndlela kunye.
Ukujonga ngokukhawuleza kwimida eshiwo ngasentla:
- Ubuntu Linux ngoku mhlawumbi i-distribution ye Linux eyaziwa kakhulu kwaye ithandwa kakhulu. Yilungiselelwe kakuhle, kulula ukuyisebenzisa kwaye iye yaqhubela phambili ukusebenzisa iLuxux njengenkqubo yenkqubo yedesktop ngaphezu kwayo nayiphi na enye isasazo.
- I-Red Hat Linux sele ijikeleze ixesha kwaye izuze idumela lokuzimela kunye nokuthembeka. Akunakuba yinto elula ukuyisebenzisa okanye ukusabalalisa kuninzi, kodwa unikeza uhlobo loxhasano oluphezulu oluxabiswa yiinkampani, ezenza ukuba kube ngumgangatho we-de-facto kumanyano eMelika.
- I-Fedora Core yi-Linux distribution exhaswe yi-Red Hat. Iinjongo ze-Fedora Linux zihluke kwii-Red Hat ekuthi i-Fedora ibandakanye uluntu oMthombo ovulekileyo kwaye luyilo olongezelelweyo kwimvelo.
- I-Mandriva Linux ithandwa kakhulu phakathi kwabasebenzisi abasha nabendlu. Ukufakela ngokukhethekileyo kubasebenziseka, kwaye kuqhutywa ngokusilelayo kwi-Windows yeWindows-like graphical desktop environment.
- I-SuSE Linux yinto engabalulekanga kubasebenzisi beWindows, ngokuqinileyo, ukusetyenzwa komsebenzisi kunye nezixhobo zokucwangcisa. Ukuthandwa kwalo kubanjwe emva nje kuphela "nge-Linux efana" nezenzo zoshishino, ezifana nokungaboneleli ngefayile ye-ISO yokukhuphela mahala. Benza, nangona kunjalo, banikezela ngefowuni yeFTP yamahhala.
- I-Lycoris yenzelwe ukuhanjiswa kwe-Linux efanelekileyo yomsebenzisi ngokugxininiswa ngakumbi ekutshintsheni kwiinkqubo zokusebenza ze-Windows . Ukukhetha okulungileyo kubaqalayo.
- I-Xandros Linux yinto ekhethekileyo kubaqalayo abangacingi ukukhupha ngaphezu kweedola ezimbalwa ukufumana umxhelo ongenakhathazeka. Ihlambulukile kwaye inokwethenjelwa kodwa izakhi ezifanelekileyo ezikhusela ukuhanjiswa kwakhona. Akukho ukukhuphela mahala.
- I-Linspire iqhosha lokukrofa kwi -web based based software ishesha kwaye kulula. Umrhumo wonyaka uhlawuliswa ukufikelela kwi-pool yolware yeLindows.
- I-Knoppix inikeza isisombululo esiphumelele kakhulu sokugijima-kusuka kwi-CD, kunye nezixhobo zayo ezinamandla zokufumanisa i-hardware kunye ne-set-up. Ukuba unqwenela, inkqubo inokufakwa ngokuzikhethela kwi disk ekhuni ukuphucula ukusebenza. Kwakhona nezaziso ezininzi.
- I-Slackware Linux yithuba elihle lokufunda malunga ne-operating system ye-Linux. Ikubuyisela ubuchule obude obulahlekileyo bokulawulwa nokuxhotyiswa. Awusayi kuphinda ube nenceba yamadizayidi e-graphical set-up kunye nemvelaphi engaqondakaliyo.
Ukuba awukwazi ukuba yeyiphi na isasazo ofuna ukuqala ngaso, khetha i-distribution-road-of-road distribution ezifana ne-Red Hat okanye i-Mandriva. I-SuSE ibonakala ngathi iyathandwa kakhulu eYurophu. Zama enye kwaye ujabule nayo. Ukuba awuthandi ukhetho lwakho lokuqala, zama enye. Emva kokuba usasazwa kwaye usebenza ngokuqhelekileyo akukho mmahluko omkhulu phakathi kweemfuno eziqhelekileyo; babelana ngeekhanda ezifanayo kwaye basebenzise kakhulu iipakethe zeefayile. Unokongeza ngokulula nayiphina iipakethi zeekhompyutha ezingafaki ukufakwa kwakho koqobo.
Inqaku elibalulekileyo: Nanini na xa uzama ukufakela iinkqubo kufuneka ulungele ukuba yonke into enokwenza i disk yakho ilahleke. Njalo qiniseka ukuba uye waxhasa yonke idatha yakho ebalulekileyo kunye nesofthiwe! Indlela elula yokufaka i-OS entsha, efana neLuxux, ukuyifaka kwi disk entsha (engabandakanywanga), okanye kwi disk ekhuni engenazo indawo (ubuncinane ubuninzi be-GB).