PasTim;669589 Wrote: > To anyone new to Linux, the sheer diversity is, frankly, scary. I have > had subtly different advice from most people I have asked. The > additional complications brought on by sub-flavours (for instance I > though Mint 11 was an Ubuntu) make it even more confusing. > > I am sure that to the cognoscenti, and for specific tasks, each flavour > has its good points. As a general user I'm still bewildered. When I > started on the exercise I did not understand that when people said that > a version was subject to rolling updates (as Linux Mint Debian is) that > really did mean many things would be incompatible with it. In the > Windows world, this type of problem is, in my experience of normal > home-use software from Windows 2 onwards, quite rare, even though > Windows is updated every month. When I discovered that SBS would not > run at all because there were incompatible versions of PERL (which I > had previously understood to be a long-lived, stable, and reliable bit > of software) I was shocked. Surely newer versions of something as > fundamental as this should almost always attempt to support older user > software, or at least provide an easy upgrade path? > > I then read about arguments about new Ubuntu GUIs, and think that all > this choice and variety is not for me. I just want to use stuff. I > have no idea whether a newer version of SBS may soon fail to run on one > or other older recommended flavours of Unix in the near future. > > So apart from one old laptop mainly used for web browsing I shall not > be treading in Linux waters for a long time.
I agree that there are loads of flavours of Linux to choose from and there is a steep learning curve when used to windows. But it is well worth the effort, I think. Try Mint 11, http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php, It's as close to windows environment as it gets, is stable, comes with all the drivers you will need initially ready installed. I tried Ubuntu first but didn't get on to well with it. I am much more impressed with Mint. But thatÂ’s just my opinion. If you just want a stand alone SBS box then http://vortexbox.org/ must be worth a look. My plan is to try both out over the next few weeks/months and see which I refer. -- cliver SBS Version: 7.5.3 - r31792 SB Touch 7.5.3 - r9283 Squeezeplay 7.5.3 - r0 Win 7 Ultimate (64 Bit) SP1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliver's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=43289 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90827
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