> > > 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.
>
My first (and only) distro is Slackware. I have learned much but am still
having difficulty getting it to where I'm satisfied. It's only limping
along at the moment.
But I also find a line where I want to have my system up and running so that
things are working appropriately enough for my wife who does not have unix
experience. I plan on trying SUSE next to get a system up and running
quickly. But I plan on taking my time to learn Linux after that.
I don't see any distribution taking away the learning experience if one
wishes to learn. But some distributions allow a somewhat painless initial
set up to get started and provide a baseline to start learning from. Red
Hat might be one exception because of the boot procedure and some strangely
placed files.
And Slackware can boot from a CD? I'll have to look into that.
Adrian
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