[Deaf-lug] Linux types?

[Dafydd Eveleigh]

Well Done and Welcome to linux. :-)

Dafydd

On 13/02/07, andrew arthur <andrew.arthur at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This is coming to you via Debian and Epiphany. I loaded it from the
> goodbye-microsoft address you gave us and have just finished configuring it.
> It has been a very easy install for what is reckoned to be the hardest Linux
> to install, but truly it was a doddle.
>  It took 2h 40 m to download all the files it needed but after that it set
> up faultlessly and I have been playing with it ever since.
>
> I am also dual booting Windows and of course it initialises thropugh
> Windows so as I hoped, it has picked up all the drivers and it is fully
> functional. All I had to do was give it the Network information and away it
> went.
>
>  Hth
>
> On 12/02/07, Fintan Gaughan <fgaughan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 12/02/07, Thomas Mulloy <eiresorpio at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Glad to hear some linux types are finally up and running on your
> > systems!
> > >
> > > I have only tried Knoppix, so I'm wondering if any of you have tried
> > several
> > > types of linux and which one is the most user friendly and comes with
> > plenty
> > > of features. Also whether they are a live CD or not?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> >
> > These are my opinions alone and the distros below are the ones I have
> > installed on different pc's over the years
> >
> > Newbie friendly
> > Mandriver   http://www.mandriva.com/en
> > Fedora   http://fedora.redhat.com/
> > Ubunto   http://www.ubuntu.com/   + kbuntu   http://www.kubuntu.org/
> > BeatrIX    http://www.watsky.net/
> > Linspire     http://www.linspire.com/
> >
> > Few others that I can't think of but I tend to tell people go for
> > Ubunto as you get loads of help in their forums
> >
> >
> >
> > Not easy to install unless you know what your doing are
> > Debian  http://www.debian.org/
> > Slackware   http://www.slackware.com/
> >
> > I have installed these distros below on old Pentium II machines
> > without any problems
> > Are betrix http://www.watsky.net/ and puppy linux
> > http://www.puppylinux.org/user/viewpage.php?page_id=1
> > As well as Debian http://www.debian.org/ Debian installs on any
> > machine but not easy to do
> >
> > How ever installing Debian got so much easier if you follow this route
> > but trouble is they install software that overwhelm newbie's   screen
> > shot here http://goodbye-microsoft.com/screenshots/ installer here
> > http://goodbye-microsoft.com/
> >
> >
> > I use mainly fedora because of the 6 month release cycle and  BSD
> > which is another OS in its self
> >
> > Take a look at this site to see so many distro's http://distrowatch.com/
> >
> > I have not installed a Distro using Live CD although I use Knoppix a
> > few times a month (rescue files from a windows pc) but never installed
> > it
> >
> > Regards,
> > Fintan
> >
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