On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:21:41 +1300 sirlancelot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Steve Holdoway wrote: > > >On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 19:13:18 +1300 > >HappyEvilSlosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 19:04 +1300, jd wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Thank you for taking the time out to answer a paranoid novices question. > >>>I would still would like to change distributions. Could anyone give me > >>>recommendations and possibly sell me a distribution. > >>> > >>> > >>Your average distribution is down-loadable from the respective websites. > >>For a novice I strongly suggest Ubuntu (or Kubuntu depending upon your > >>preference of GNOME vs KDE). > >> > >>--Slosh > >> > >> > >> > >I think I've got a pretty current version of Ubuntu. I've certainly got > >debian and knoppix latest. I've also got an uncapped ADSL connection at work > >( heh ). > > > >As always, my advice is to use the distro the person who will be helping you > >most is familiar with, 'cos there really aint much difference (except in the > >details), except for a choice of two guis - Gnome and KDE. > > > >Steve > >(Writing from FC4, with debian to my right and CentOS, Gentoo, OpenSolaris, > >FreeBSD and FC3 at work as well. I scrapped Vector Linux at work because it > >wasn't technical enough for my rather specialised needs, but would recommend > >that as a starting point as well). > > > > > Any chance that I could get you to download the latest Gentoo for me > Steve, if you could write it to DVD that would be excellent. Happy to > pay for the media of course. > > Thanks Lance I have it now and will write a cd now if you like. Its one cd.
