On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Dale <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. I want to install Linux on my > brothers rig. The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type. I don't want > to install Gentoo because of that and it is a older rig with a slow CPU and > not a lot of ram either. So, what is a easy to install distro that has > KDE4, Seamonkey, gtkam, GIMP and such? I want something easy because I want > to install and leave it be until he can get a new rig built. Then I'll be > installing Gentoo for a more permanent install.
Since you're already familiar with Gentoo, I would take a look at Sabayon. It's basically a binary Gentoo distro (and a gentoo overlay). It comes preconfigured just like ubuntu or others so you don't need to do anything, just install it and you'll have a working graphical desktop and lots of software. Super easy and all of the configuration is done Gentoo-style. They have GTK, KDE and XFCE versions to choose from. I've only played with it briefly in a VM and tried the LiveDVD on my laptop, but I believe you can even still use emerge and use portage like you would in Gentoo.
