slackware is a nice stable distro without a lot of the extraneous stuff if you're just starting out - there's also a live cd version slax.org
if you don't want to sacrifice harddrive space to a distro knoppix is a good place to start as well On 8/5/05, JRS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ubuntu.. > > Complete Windows desktop relaicement, works really well.. > It even found 2 different wireless cards I had in my laptop all on it's > own. :) > > Free download... > http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ > > > >>OK Linux gurus, what would be best for some one who is Linux illiterate ? > >> > >>recommendations appreciated > >>Fred > >> > >>-- > >>Tallyho ! ]:8) > >>Taglines below ! > -- > > JRS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Please remove **X** to reply... > > Facts do not cease to exist just > because they are ignored. > -- -jmg Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. Henry Brooks Adams [1838-1918]
