What is the best distro for an introduction to Linux? All I want to do is be able to play and have something that doesn't use much hardware ie no big graphical requirements (though I do want a GUI) and something very very light on ram.
CM. On 05/03/07, Derek Smithies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi, After years of being a redhat (hatred) fan, and then moving to suse, I feel the need to make another distro change... As always in the pre distroy change period, one is required to think about what the wish list. Wants: ================= I want to be able to get any package and install it and run it without too many hassles - which means the distro has up to date repositaries. I want to be able to install and use any codec, so any video sucked of youtube, or kids Cd will play just fine. Eric Raymond summed up this codec thing in his article on Fedorra: http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-devel-list/2006-March/msg01286.html (and on that post, many electrons were consumed debating the point) I want to spend my time using the box to produce sellable product, or using the box to watch video. Spending hours maintaining it is "tiresome". Thus, the gentoo forum article http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-313315.html was interesting, and not a good look for gentoo. ================= Debian? Or is that Deviant? I have no desire to spend oodles of time managing my system so it works ok. Spending time managing the box is expensive. You see, if the box did not need management - I can write code that earns money. And with money - I can buy next years newer/faster/bigger quad cpu monster.. Suse: - similar issues perhaps to Fedorra - updates did cause problems on 10.0, 10.1. I run 64 bit boxes, and suse does not seem to handle this well. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/
-- CM.
