Or, even better, MEPIS - in my opinion anyway, having used both and now settled on the latter.
See www.mepis.org and search Mepis on the Clug archive for earlier comments about this great live (installable) distro. Lance B PS - I have a copy of the latest version if you'd like to try it. -----Original Message----- Wrom: RTNHGSWZIDREXCAXZOWCONEUQZAA Sent: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 10:45:08 +1300 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Judy & Lindsay questions try knoppix On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 00:44 +1300, Judy & Lindsay Roberts wrote: > Unfortunately, I am going to have to stick with the Live CD version at > present, as my wife isn't going to agree to installing a Linux partition > on the HDD. It's Live CD or nothing for the time being, so that's where > I'll need assistance Rob. > > Rob Wood wrote: > > > Hi Both, > > I am a newbie myself struggling with various problems so I probably > > can't help much but I will try. Mandrake in my experience is > > reasonable to set up with a modem as long as you have an external > > serial or USB modem and not internal PCI or ISA type (these > > things depend on Windows), although it takes a bit of work. Printers > > like Laserjet 4 and 5 are easily setup by Mandrake almost > > automatically and I believe several modern printers provide Linux drivers. > > > > I tried Ubuntu just out of curiosity and it installed like a dream. It > > also detected my USB floppy drive automatically and it detects and > > writes to USB stick drives. It has an issue with my laptop hardware > > but then so does Win XP, and that was e*XP*ensive. > > > > I found Ubuntu the easier of the two so if your hardware is fairly > > standard, perhaps an installed version would do the job. > > > > I'm afraid that is about the extent of my ability to help but I'm > > sure other members of the group will do much better. > > > > Good luck - Woodsey > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.4 - Release Date: 22/12/2004 > > > > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
