On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 16:55 +0530, Manas Laha wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I am planning to introduce to Linux a bunch of people yet innocent of
^^^^^^^^
Strange word to use, makes me feel like a criminal :)
> 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
Speaking from the point of view of a person involved with Debian, I
would prefer Mepis over Knoppix, for the simple reason, that Mepis was
intended to be used both as a live-cd and an install cd. Knoppix has a
lot of Knoppix specific patches which create problems when it is used as
an install cd, especially when upgrading from official Debian
repositories. I have not seen any such complaints about Mepis.
Speaking from a Linux enthusiast's point of view:
1. I haven't tried out Slack
2. I haven't tried out FreeDuc
3. Suse is a good choice, but had problems getting it to boot on some
machines, never bothered to find out if it was a CD problem, a machine
problem or Suse's problem. Besides, is it installable ? The question is
moot if the "innocents" are planning never to install Linux, in which
case the preference for Mepis over Knoppix is also unfair.
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