Just wanted to vote for openSuse. I've tried them all and I really like 11.0, can't wait for 11.1.
Mepis is a nice newbie distro too. On Nov 9, 1:02 am, "Jos Collin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Linux is to hard to use, I'll just go back to windows/mac". > > If you don't try to learn and practice the 4 freedoms of free software, you > will always go back to windoze/mac. > > - Jos Collin > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 2:09 PM, svega85 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think that suggesting gentoo, slackware or linux from scratch to a > > newbie will only scare them away from linux. > > really we should try to suggest the easiest distro to use (they have > > to learn to walk before they can run). > > once they get familiar with one distro and learn the in and outs of > > Linux, they will try other distros. > > but the last thing we want to do is have another person saying "Linux > > is to hard to use, I'll just go back to windows/mac". > > > On Nov 8, 7:05 pm, RyanMcCoskrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This question (from somebody who isn't new's perspective) is both dumb > > > and much to frequent. > > > > As far as I know you could be a genius, but which distro is best > > > entirely depends on _your_ taste > > > and _your_ needs (in that order, there are so many needs are a > > > secondary issue). > > > > Here are the basics: > > > 0 You're digitally illiterate / don't really care what you use: Ubuntu > > > or some such. > > > These systems are not suited to serious technical play > > > because the > > > safety nets get in the way to often. > > > > 0 You want a "jack of all trades" to word process, program, do some > > > multi-media type things, run a server: Try Fedora or Debian > > > These require slightly more configuration than the > > > above but my mum can use Fedora > > > so it can't be that hard. > > > They also come ready for serious programming and make > > > okay servers. > > > > 0 You're not afraid of spending the weekend on it and you love SPEED: > > > Gentoo > > > It's not the easiest but you can tune it to your exact > > > machine. > > > > 0 You want to feel like it's still the late 80's / early 90's: > > > Slackware or Linux from scratch > > > Slackware is the easier of the two, It's almost totally > > > command line and > > > getting a USB mouse to work is awkward at best because > > > it > > > all done by hand. > > > Linux from scratch is a tool kit and manual to build > > > Linux from raw > > > programming > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
