There is a distro designed for Laptops and newbies called Linspire for Laptops. Is rather good and is builded for Windows users switching to Linux. Another one is Mandrake which is my favorite.
I also want to know what is the benefits that you are looking for. For example, Linux gives you the automatic benefit of security, you don't have to worry about viruses. The next benefit is that you have software for almost everything, from pure scratch. Even myself I am still discovering software I didnt even know it was there. Other benefit is that for every single tiny piece of software there is a comunity supporting it and you can interact with them. Also is important to understand what is your current activity, if you are like me, who just spend most part of the computer time on internet related things like, browsing, chatting, emailing, and making documents, then you are all set. If you are also someone who likes to do graphic design, multi-media, web design, or things like that. Then your needs will be 'somehow' satisfied. If you are a programmer who likes to develop using Visual Basic,Java, C++, Delphi, then your needs will not just be match but surpass anything you thought possible. If you are a sys admin who is worry about networking, firewalls, security and stuff, then you will also be surprised with lots of things linux can do. -- Alexandro Colorado Co-Leader of OpenOffice.org Spanish http://es.openoffice.org/ Mensaje citado por NNK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I have at one time or another used all of the major Distro's, MDK, RH, > > Xandros, Deb, Slack etc etc. At present I have four machines running > > here: Ubuntu Warty Warthog, Mandrake 10.1, Xandros 2.5 and SuSE 9.2 > > > I hope you don't mind, I spotted you on the OpenOffice Discuss list. > > I'm trying to get into Linux/BSD/Unix in some form or another, but I'm > having a lot of trouble trying to figure out which distro I should get. > Personally, I've spent most of my life on Windows machines, though I'm > reasonably competent on Macs as well (though by no means advanced). I'm > not looking for just a replacement to Windows, I want to get the full > benefits of Linux. Also, I want it to run on a laptop. > > Could point me in the right direction to get started? What questions > should I be asking in order to find whats right? > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
