[nflug] Linux recommendations for new user

[David J. Andruczyk]

Ubuntu is always a crowd favorite, and an excellent
one for new users as it doesn't overwhelm them as
much.
http://www.ubuntu.com

--- Daniel V <cloudlakedreamer at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Ryan,
> I'd recommend that you try a linux that you can run
> from CD-ROM. When I first got into Linux, I would
> install, and then very soon have to re-install.
> 
> I prefer three Linux distros...
> 
> Knoppix because I can read/write NTFS reliably.
> http://knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
> 
> Damn Small Linux because it's small and loads fast,
> also they have an iso that runs on old computers
> when
> I have a problem running Knoppix on said computer.
> http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
> 
> Red Hat Enterprise free version 
> http://centos.org/
> Version 5 should be forthcoming very soon, so I
> don't
> recommend bothering to download the beta. If you
> need
> it stat, you can get a 30-day trial of the real
> thing
> from Red Hat 
> https://www.redhat.com/rhel/details/eval/
> 
> Have fun!
> Daniel
> 
> P.S. You can also check out Fedora (Red Hat beta
> testing distro for Enterprise), but I don't know how
> stable it is.
> See latest News section at 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/
> 
> PS PS You will find that there are lots of distros,
> but the main ones that people fork off of that a new
> user will find easier to use are Knoppix and Red
> Hat.
> Debian is for Linux purists, but it has a learning
> curve.
> 
> I mention Red Hat because I've used it in an
> enterprise setting and it's the first distro I
> really
> got into.
> 
> 
> --- Ryan Slomiany <ryamigo at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > hi, my name's ryan.
> > 
> > i'm new to linux and interested in learning it.
> > 
> > which distribution do you recommend? how do I get
> > started? and when's the next meeting?
> 
> 
> 
>  
>
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-- David J. Andruczyk


 
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