Stop this subsription crap, stop emailing me<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 23/05/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andy Cooper</b> <<a href="mailto:andy_cooper187@hotmail.co.uk">andy_cooper187@hotmail.co.uk</a>
> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Thanks for the info, i'll take it all into consideration and see what best
<br>suits me, any more problems and i'll give you a shout, your a good bunch you<br>lot.<br>thanks again<br>Coops<br><br><br>>From: Simon Paulger <<a href="mailto:spaulger@coderesult.co.uk">spaulger@coderesult.co.uk
</a>><br>>Reply-To: Lincolnshire Linux User Group <<a href="mailto:lincs@mailman.lug.org.uk">lincs@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>><br>>To: <a href="mailto:lincs@mailman.lug.org.uk">lincs@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br>>Subject: Re: [Lincs] Re: Lincs Digest, Vol 51, Issue 1
<br>>Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 17:25:55 +0100<br>><br>>Quoting Alistair Crust <<a href="mailto:alistair@skegnessgrammar.org">alistair@skegnessgrammar.org</a>>:<br>><br>>>On Tue, 2006-05-23 at 12:41 +0100, Ed wrote:
<br>>>>Why not download a couple of live CDs or get them on magazine cover<br>>>>disks.<br>>><br>>>I would recommend that also.<br>>><br>>>>There are several things to bear in mind:
<br>>>><br>>>>Graphical interface: Main ones are Gnome (simple and Mac-like) and KDE<br>>>>(More fully featured but steeper learning curve).<br>>> I agree with that. although there are others like iceWm (simple win 95
<br>>>look), enlightenment (very eye candy, but memory hungry)<br>>><br>>>>If you want to have all the packages individually compiled for your<br>>>>system then Gentoo has merits.<br>>>
<br>>>As a beginner I hated going too fast too soon. Something like above<br>>>would just freak me out! Your right it would provide a few merits..<br>>>namely being tailored for your hardware and running quicker than
<br>>>"normal" linux's. but not necessary for a "Beginner", not yet anyway<br>>>he'll find his own path there in the end... I did! just because of sheer<br>>>curiosity not because some one told me to get in at the deep end!
<br>>><br>>>>If you're after a gnome interface then Gentoo seems to be the most<br>>>>popular at the moment.<br>>><br>>>Not according to <a href="http://distrowatch.com">distrowatch.com
</a> take a look for yourself. Ubuntu<br>>>(surprisingly what I use for Skegness Grammer School) the kids find it<br>>>easy to use and straint forward.. it also gets the curiosity going on<br>>>what happening behind the scenes... which is just were you want to start
<br>>>with linux (you more likely to stick with it). If you go to the<br>>>compiling a toolset, then going through several stages of emerging<br>>>packages before you can actually use the thing, route, they to end up
<br>>>scaring people off. Linux isn't scary... so why make it seem like it is?<br>>><br>>>><br>>>>If you prefer KDE then I'd go for OpenSuSe which is quite polished.<br>>><br>>>read bloated...
<br>>><br>>>><br>>>>What I would do is either be prepared to reinstall a few until you<br>>>>find one that suits the way you work and supports your hardware<br>>>>easily. Alternatively just go for the live CD approach and try before
<br>>>>you "buy"<br>>>><br>>><br>>>Very good idea openSuse has a live cd, as does ubuntu.. in fact ubuntu<br>>>has two main ones, one for gnome, one for kde (Kubuntu). not sure about
<br>>>fedora core but they I think core 5 came on the last edition of linux<br>>>format magazine (WHSmiths often have it).<br>><br>>Fedora core does not nativaly have a live cd. A third part has made an<br>
>unofficial one based on fc4 however, by the name of Adios.<br>><br>>><br>>>------<br>>>> hey there,<br>>>> Ive been dabbling with the idea of converting to linux but i<br>
>>> dont really<br>>>> know much about it. i was wondering if you knowledgable people<br>>>> could<br>>>> recommend which OS to start with and how i should go about it.
<br>>>> any<br>>>> advice would be greatfully appreciated.<br>>>> Cheers<br>>>> Coops<br>>>><br>>>> Mr. Andy Cooper<br>>>>
<br>>>> Little London<br>>>> PE11 2UB Spalding<br>>>> Tel.<br>>>> Fax<br>>>> <a href="mailto:andy_cooper187@hotmail.co.uk">andy_cooper187@hotmail.co.uk
</a><br>>>------<br>>><br>>><br>>>Kind regards<br>>>Alistair Crust<br>>>Systems Administrator<br>>>Skegness Grammar School<br>>>Vernon Road<br>>>Skegness<br>>>PE25 2QS
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</a><br>>A UNIX saleslady, Lenore,<br>>Enjoys work, but she likes the beach more.<br>>She found a good way<br>>To combine work and play:<br>>She sells C shells by the seashore.<br>><br>><a href="http://www.bash.org/?611737">
http://www.bash.org/?611737</a><br>>I just opened the yellow pages at random to the "scaffolding" page<br>>there's an advert saying "ENSURE YOUR NEXT ERECTION IS IN SAFE HANDS"<br>><br>><br>
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