Re: [tlug] Newbie buying a computer and installing Linux on it

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

>>>>> "Kenneth" == Kenneth  <emry@example.com> writes:

    Kenneth> I am not sure about Fedora core, I have never tried it.

Fedora is not for newbies, any more than Debian is.

SuSE apparently isn't too unfriendly, and has the advantage that one
of their in-house Japanese advocates (Mike Fabian) is a regular on TLUG.

Ubuntu and Knoppix both come well-recommended by people I know who are
in the business of serving newbies, and Jim T is newbie friendly and
knows what he's talking about---a strong recommendation for Ubuntu
there.  Both Ubuntu and Knoppix provide "live" CDs (as
download-and-burn ISO images).  I know Ubuntu is Debian-based, and I
think Knoppix is as well, so they provide an easy upgrade path to a
more hands-on experience.


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