Re: Still looking for the right OS

It looks like, for me at least, that your research isn't well enought.
Any (yes ANY) distro can do all he things you are requesting for. Every
distro can run kde and icewm, any distro can read ntfs partitions, any
distro can handle your sound card, any distro is easy and configurable,
any distro will allow you to learn how to use the command line, compile
programs, and everything.
So, where;s the difference?
Well, the difference is in the installer wizard, the packaged available
for that distro, the package manager, the kernel used by default and
some other things that a user like you wont care.
Remember, Linux is just the kernel. A distro is the kernel and the
apps. Any app can run into any distro.

I wont recomend you LFS, because the _installation_ will crack your
head. Suse or fedora are for you...

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