Re: Dell Inspiron which Linux
From: General Schvantzkoph (schvantzkoph_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/12/05
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Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 18:24:22 -0400
On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 12:37:46 -0400, Jeff wrote:
> Hi, everyone. I used Mandrake Linux on a PC about 5 years ago but had to
> give it up because I needed to use MS Office for work.
>
> Now I want to try Linux again, as a dual boot installation, on a Dell
> Inspiron 8100 laptop that already has XP Home SP-2 installed. I've not
> followed what is happening in the Linux world and am therefore not
> knowledgeable about the distributions available. Which would be a good
> distribution to use on this laptop?
>
> My needs are
> a) learning Linux
> b) useable software (MS Office replacements, gimp, dialup internet
> capability, support for networking with XP Pcs, etc.)
> c) Having easy configuration tools ("newbie style").
> d) Easy upgradeability as far as resolving dependencies automatically
>
> Thanks for any advice.
Mandrake is still a good choice but I prefer Fedora at the moment. FC4 is
due to be released on Monday, you might want to give that a try. The test
releases of FC4 look very promising, it feels noticeably quicker then FC3.
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