AFAIK SuSE is defiantly the easiest and most mature of the desktop variants. It's only available for purchase, or a some what technical online install from SuSE's site.
I would go for this option, if only because the very extensive supplementary documentation that comes with it (3 books in 8.0) and the all 7 discs or so also come on a single DVD. See here for and FTP Install Guide in Hebrew: http://whatsup.org.il/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=75 Debian is not too difficult to install if you don't mind the non-graphical approach. Bonzai is a good choice which requires some understanding of your system and a rather spartan approach to the whole process, but it does the job. Debian is very easy to maintain as far as getting updated software is concerned, but could be difficult if you are not technical. See: http://whatsup.org.il/article.php?sid=1377 So if not "pure Debian" you can still enjoy it using Knoppix (KDE), Morphix (any Desktop) or Gnoppix (GNOME) instaed. All 3 are bootable Live Linux CD's which let you easily install to your hard disk if you want to. See: http://whatsup.org.il/article.php?sid=1558 Debian's users forums are available at: http://debian.org.il On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 09:40, Shlomo Yona wrote: > Hello, > > I want to install some GNU/Linux distribution on a new IBM Thinkpad T40. > So far I've heard (runors) that one of the following distributions should be > best for me: > > Debian > Mandrake > RedHat > Suse > > Debian will probably not be an option unless I find someone to hold my hand > during installation and configuration. For some reason it seems intimidating to > me. I am a very capable users but I'm not up to date with new updates, security > and other patches and software-hardware compatibility issues so I fear that the > extra freedom in debian might be an obstacle for me. I would like to ba proven > wrong, though... > > Mandrake and redhat seem appealing, but I have no idea which one of them has > the more "rich" stable package now (in terms of kernel, GUI and hardware > related updates). I checked their sites and could not understand which one has > the best blend of software which will enable operation of the laptop with Linux > on the first try. > > I also heard that Suse linux installes perfectly with my kind of a laptop, but > as rumors are -- this is just a rumor. I did not actually see anyone who have > done that and was able to use the laptop's features from the beginning. > > > I am also considerin buying a distribution (with CDs and all) just to be sure I > have CDs with everything needed (I am not expected to have easy access to > internet soon, so it seems like a safe thing to do in order not to get stuck). > Still -- I am not sure I understand what I benefit from this besides having the > CDs and a month or two or email/phone support (which I am not sure will be > helpful). > > > Any input will be useful. > Thanks. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
