cliver;670240 Wrote: > 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. When I started with Mint I didn't realise there were two different flavours of Mint, which seem to have very different characteristics. I'm happy to admit I could and should have done more research, but too much 'choice' is not something I find helpful.
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