JimC wrote: > As long as your friend is reliable, go with Gentoo.
Gentoo is a very powerful and flexible tool in the hands of an expert - it was my main distribution for home and work between 2003 and 2006. However even with a reliable friend I would recommend against it for a beginner. The problem is that it probably wont be viable for your friend to set you up then let you take the wheel. Within six months or so your system is likely to need expert attention again. Unless you are married to your friend this could well prove inconvenient for you both. > On the other hand, if you want to do a little learning while you're at > it, Ubuntu is pretty simple to setup and use. I run the server version > on a laptop and the hardest thing in getting the setup working was > figuring out how to mount the filesystem the NAS drive with my music. > Took a bit of reading (maybe 20 minutes) to get it straight and it's > been a rock since then. Ubuntu looks like the obvious choice to me. Your friends Gentoo knowledge will mostly still apply. The latest version 8.04 is an LTS (long term support) release - with the 5 years support lifecyle your system could well run maintenance-free until 2013 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
