Ryan McCoskrie wrote: > Okay there have been a few misunderstandings about what I meant in my > original post on this thread. After some thinking I believe that I can clarify > myself properly > On Sat, 29 May 2010 13:02:30 you wrote: >> Are there any desktop centered distros whose primary aim is to have as few >> surprises as possible for people who are already accustomed to Linux? >> > By accustomed to Linux I mean that this user is more comfortable with Linux > than any other system but not necessarily a power user. > >> I just want a very generic distro. >> > By generic I don't just mean desktop centered with no paradigm shifting > technologies. I mean a system that aims to have as few original contributions > as possible and have a complete out-of-the-box set of programs (GUI and CLI) > that one would expect out of a Linux based system.
OK, just throwing out a crazy idea here: install DSL or Puppy (or something similar) and put off upgrading for as long as you can stay sane with your system. I don't use either of these regularly -- I use Debian testing -- I'm just throwing out an idea. --Aidan
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