I agree with Mike there... Slackware was my first distro as well, and I
could figure out Linux with it. Although, I'm now using Red Hat 5.2...
and I like it, too. The RPM is pretty easy, I think, and I like using it.
Even if I can't always get it to work.
- Mike
On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Mike Werner wrote:
> Deirdre Saoirse wrote:
> >
> > Imho, if you're a newbie, stay away from slackware.
>
> I disagree with this. Slack was my first distro, and I didn't find it
> too difficult. Quite the contrary, I had very little trouble with it.
> Mind, this was with *no* prior *nix experience. I have and will
> continue to recommend Slack as a first distro.
>
> > 90% of the questions in the support channels online are from slackware
> > users who don't know linux well enough to be running slack.
>
> Odd, many of the questions I'm seeing on usenet (other than the Slack
> specific groups) are about RedHat. Mostly concerning that RPM thingy
> they are so proud of. Also, one of the most common complaints I've
> heard from disgruntled former Linux attemptee's is regarding "that
> damned RPM" not working as advertised.
>
> So the person asking the question is still learning about Linux. There
> is nothing wrong with that. We all had to start somewhere. From what
> I've seen of Slack, RedHat, SuSE, and Debian I would think Slack and
> possibly Debian to be the *best* for a newbie. Less is "hidden" by GUI
> tools, the user *learns* more.
>
> > And you missed the BEST part about SuSE -- it has a live CD with a full
> > file system and man pages. Much superior to a boot diskette!
>
> As does Slack, last I looked.
>
> All in all, I will stick with Slack and tar.gz's. Seems to have a
> higher success rate. And I will continue to recommend Slack over the
> others for the reasons I outlined above.
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