On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 19:13:18 +1300 HappyEvilSlosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 19:04 +1300, jd wrote: > > Thank you for taking the time out to answer a paranoid novices question. > > I would still would like to change distributions. Could anyone give me > > recommendations and possibly sell me a distribution. > > Your average distribution is down-loadable from the respective websites. > For a novice I strongly suggest Ubuntu (or Kubuntu depending upon your > preference of GNOME vs KDE). > > --Slosh > I think I've got a pretty current version of Ubuntu. I've certainly got debian and knoppix latest. I've also got an uncapped ADSL connection at work ( heh ). As always, my advice is to use the distro the person who will be helping you most is familiar with, 'cos there really aint much difference (except in the details), except for a choice of two guis - Gnome and KDE. Steve (Writing from FC4, with debian to my right and CentOS, Gentoo, OpenSolaris, FreeBSD and FC3 at work as well. I scrapped Vector Linux at work because it wasn't technical enough for my rather specialised needs, but would recommend that as a starting point as well).
