Hello

[Dennis Ruzeski]

I like Red Hat or Mandrake for user friendliness. They're the best "set up and go" distros out there.. That being said, I personally use Gentoo. It's much more customizable and doesn't shield as much of the underlying OS config from the users.

Whatever you choose, don't be afraid to experiment.

Good Luck-
Dennis Ruzeski
System and Network Administrator
Kanoodle.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Schultz [mailto:ajs at schultzny.net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 2:46 PM
To: nflug at nflug.org
Subject: Hello


Hello

I surfed across this site via a link from linux.org.  I am a student at 
Niagara University and I am looking to learn more about Linux.  I do 
have a basic understanding, but the more knowledge the better.  
Currently the only machine I have at college is my laptop, running 
Windows XP, but I am more than willing to install a Linux distro or 
dual boot.

Enough rambling.  Basically what I am looking for is a suggestion to a 
distro that is "newbie friendly" so to speak.  I do not have a lot of 
experience in systems administration, but I am more than willing to 
learn anything the LUG has to teach me.

Andrew Schultz
ajs at schutlzny.net