Monday, March 6, 2006, 12:43:53 AM, someone wrote:
DV> Hello all I am asking for everyone's opinion on which linux is DV> best, easiest and the least issues for an old windows user wanting DV> to convert. 'Best' will mean different things to different people, and 'easiest' will almost certainly not be 'best', by anyone's definition. It would depend on the user profile of the Windows user who was transitioning to Linux. When I made the initial move to Linux, I had Windows 98 set up running a Bayesian spam filter to sort my email, Perl and Apache installed (so I could build and test CGI scripts locally before moving them to my website), and had Microsoft Visual Studio (VBasic, VC/C++, JBuilder, FoxPro, etc.) installed... mostly for C/C++. I found Red Hat v.7 a good place to start, and have stuck with Red Hat (currently running RHEL3) and added OpenBSD to my LAN, for hosting my domains. If I had been a less technically oriented user, I might have been more comfortable with a more desktop-only oriented distro, but in my opinion, 'best' will always be an operating system with the potential to be secure, that is being operated by an educated user, or a user in the process of self-educating. OpenBSD, an operating system known for it high degree of secure-ability, is only as secure as I am capable of making it, and keeping it. If I permit root ssh logins, and have my root password set to 'toor', it will be 'owned' so fast, it will make Windows XP look secure, by comparison. Linux cannot protect a person from their own ignorance. Knowledge is Power. I would choose a distro with a good reputation for secure-ability, good documentation, and a good on-line support community. If I was not already comfortable in Red Hat, I would probably try Debian or Slackware, or whatever they have morphed into presently. -wittig website: http://www.robertwittig.com/ . To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
