Marty Knapp wrote: > > I've been a Mac guys since the 80s and know absolutely nothing about > Linux. Any > recommendations for me? > >
Yes, on that basis you'll be happier with Gnome than with KDE - its much more similar to the Mac interface than KDE. And also on that basis, don't go with Ubuntu, go with Mandriva One, Gnome version, as your first outing. The reason is, it comes with a whole very well organized suite of gui management tools, and there is also a proper several hundred page user guide available from the Mandriva site. The guide is oriented to KDE, but most of it will still apply. You can always add KDE from the software management centre and play with it. And One is also a live CD so you can play with it first. Right now there is an issue with KDE. It is on 4.1.x, which is a substantial difference from the 3.x line. The first release of 4.x was greeted with dismay. Since then its improved a lot, but you would probably be better off waiting for 4.2 before trying the 4.x line. This means going with a distro that still has 3.x in its repositories, which means, if you want to try KDE, that you should go with Mandriva Gnome One 2008.1, and not 2009. PCLinuxOS also uses the Mandriva control center, its also a live CD, and its KDE 3.x based. That is a serious candidate too, if you decide you prefer KDE. A bit unlikely that a Mac user would, though. You will end up with some other distribution probably. But the important thing is to make the first try as easy on yourself as possible. In addition to Gnome and KDE, but only when you are thoroughly comfortable with Linux itself, you should try Fluxbox. It is contrary to just about all the HIG conventional wisdom, but once you get used to it, and that's the key, its fast, super easy to use, and keeps completely out of your way. Some KDE apps are better than the Gnome equivalents. KMail and Evolution are comparable. Kate is a better editor than Gedit. Geany is also very nice. k3b is a better CD burner than whatever comes with gnome. kjots is very useful. Tellico. You can get these and a whole bunch more from the Mandriva repositories via the control center. Peter -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Script-Editing-Frustration-tp21404138p21409569.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
