Agreed, your first experience with Linux should be a good one. Mine was Knoppix 3.0 and I've been hooked every since. I've tested dozens of distros over the the last five years and still haven't found the best.
I can't recommend any of the *buntus because I find them lacking. I test them as they come out but they don't last on my test machines, though I hear good things about LinuxMint as far as being "out of the box" complete. The one that makes it on to most of my boxes and stays is SimlpyMepis. "out of the box" it just works for me. The real reason we use Linux http://blog.anamazingmind.com/2008/03/real-reason-we-use-linux.html Silverbeard On Nov 9, 2:39 am, 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
