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#1 Re: The Best Linux Distribution For Users New To L Posted by Steve (82.41.xx.xx) on Mon 13 Jun 2005 at 04:46 I definitely concur. When people ask me for a recommended distribution my answer is usually Debian if they are close to me and I can help. If I know they already have friends running something else I'd suggest that instead - because I know they'd get more help without having to wait for me to be available/awake/online. Back when I started running Linux I started with two distros; Slackware '97 and RedHat. Slakware was chosen soley because it came with a book I'd bought explaining how to run it, and whilst I didn't love it stuff mostly worked. (The five minute pause waiting for Netscape to open is something that I just can't imagine nowadays!) Later I used RedHat 4.2, because most of my friends at that time used it. I had a lot of problems initially, but the people I knew who were already running it, locally because dialup was expensive and a rare luxury, were very helpful in getting it fixed. After that, and the terrible problems i had upgrading to RedHat 5.0 I moved to Debian and that's where I've stayed since. Partly that's because I know I can find help easily, but I guess I could also say that know how to fix a lot of the common problems myself these days. Steve -- Steve.org.uk
I definitely concur.
When people ask me for a recommended distribution my answer is usually Debian if they are close to me and I can help.
If I know they already have friends running something else I'd suggest that instead - because I know they'd get more help without having to wait for me to be available/awake/online.
Back when I started running Linux I started with two distros; Slackware '97 and RedHat.
Slakware was chosen soley because it came with a book I'd bought explaining how to run it, and whilst I didn't love it stuff mostly worked. (The five minute pause waiting for Netscape to open is something that I just can't imagine nowadays!)
Later I used RedHat 4.2, because most of my friends at that time used it. I had a lot of problems initially, but the people I knew who were already running it, locally because dialup was expensive and a rare luxury, were very helpful in getting it fixed.
After that, and the terrible problems i had upgrading to RedHat 5.0 I moved to Debian and that's where I've stayed since. Partly that's because I know I can find help easily, but I guess I could also say that know how to fix a lot of the common problems myself these days.
Steve -- Steve.org.uk
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