Arijit Majumder wrote:

Since u are going to give it to newbies, it is better to give Knoppix. It has 
got the best hardware detection and also is quite usable even in old machines.

Arijit


----- Original Message ----- From: "Manas Laha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: [ilug-cal] Need advice on live-cds Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:55:52 +0530



Folks,

I am planning to introduce to Linux a bunch of people yet innocent of
it. One of the things I am thinking of doing is to give them a live-cd
distribution of Linux to play with. I have the following live-cds from LFY:

1. Slackware Live 9.1
2. FreeDuc-CD 1.4
3. Knoppix 3.6 (also 3.3)
4. Suse Linux 9.1 Live
5. MEPIS Linux

of which I intend to give copies of any one CD only. The question is,
which one?

I shall be obliged to have your advice/suggestions/views abouththe
good/bad points of these distributions. I have myself not used any of
these products, so your feedback will be valuable in making a choice.

- Manas Laha


Free-Duc is also good, especially for school students . The slackware-live is not up to the mark...it demonstrates little. Suse live requires better hardware...(kde3.2), but is probably the fastest of the five on [ix]86. On some older [ix]86 machines knoppix-3.6 does take too much time. It is a bit dangerous ...because novices can try installing it.

best,

A. Mani
Member, Cal. Math. Soc.


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