Re: Second Best Linux?

From: Leythos (void_at_nowhere.lan)
Date: 01/22/05 

Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 13:10:44 GMT

In article <41f1fccd$0$1446$ec3e2dad@news.usenetmonster.com>,
sonic@rfburnhertz.net says...
> Leythos wrote:
[snip]
> >
> > I'm quite confused by your statement that FC3 is not a good distro for a
> > newbie to learn on. I have VERY limited experience with Linux and found
> > it to be the easiest of all, not RH7,8,9 - which I didn't try, but
> > Fedora Core 3 specifically. Everything worked without any additional
> > configuration needed. I can not say that about the others I've tried.
> >
> > My reason for using SUSE, MDK and FC3 are because I was/am looking for
> > something that installs easily, lets me start working quickly, and has
> > simple features for web and ftp services. It should also have email
> > client and Usenet clients in addition to Office based apps.
> >
> RH/Fedora has gotten much, much easier over the years.
> But compared to every other distro I have tried RH remains the most
> problematic install (with the exception of perhaps slackware or Debian).
> That said, it also remains one of the most stable distros once installed.
>
> It isn't that the install is a killer, it is just a bit more involved than
> other distros. The experience you've had with RH/Fedora is not the
> experience I had when a still a newbie and not the experience most (not
> all) newbies I know have had with RH/Fedora.
>
> At any rate, I think no matter what distro a newbie tries, if they stick
> with it they will find Linux can indeed be a replacement for Windows. I
> Just want new people to try Linux and have the easiest time they can with
> it when first trying it.

Thanks for the feedback. I have a fed Comlaq ML350's that have Dual
P3/1ghz CPU's and 2GB of RAM in them to play with for testing and for my
learning experience.

I've not tried Suse 9.2 yet, I will have to give it a look too. I also
want to try Debian as I've seen it mentioned as a noobs easiest
installation. 

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