Re: What to get

From: Michael Heiming (michael+USENET_at_www.heiming.de)
Date: 02/07/05 

Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 17:26:11 +0100

In comp.os.linux.setup D. Scott <the_scott@nospamcharter.net>:
[..]
> Okay, what I think I'll be doing is getting Suse Professional (Mandrake
> looks too buggy right now) because I want the Development Packages.

Debian is another great choice, it comes with a great package
manager (apt), there's even a sophisticated gui (synaptics) or so.

But if you are afraid of the command line, debian might not be
what you want.

> But I don't want to have to be forced into a CLI situation right off the
> bat. I'd prefer to start with GUI and learn CLI after setup.

> Is there any problem using the Yast for GUI install and loading Grub? I
> want to dual boot with Win 98SE.

Not that I could think of, just be aware that running KDE3 under
suse requires a power-full machine with enough RAM or you won't
get happy with it.

> Also, what is the font situation nowadays? Back a few years ago, it was
> atrocious. I'm a writer who uses Open Office on my Win98 and love it,
> and if the fonts have improved, I might someday ditch Windows altogether.

There are no problems, you might want to install additional
fonts.

Good luck 

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