Re: Newbie Distro?

From: Dan C <youmustbejoking@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:38:39 -0500

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:38:51 +0000, Pete wrote:

I am a newbie. Ubuntu I can work with very well. However, the later
edition does not work on my hardware. Can some one offer me a (serious
and unbiased) opinion about a second choice? It needs to be graphical,
hardware friendly (an older Dell), easy to use like Ubuntu was. Thanks.

Slackware.

--
"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

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