[SWLUG] Hello SWLUG

[James]

Hey there, and welcome to SWLUG.

My distro of choice would be Suse 10.1 - its even working great on my
laptop. Ive found it to be far more proffessional than other distro's
aimed at desktop users.

Ubuntu was a dissapointment for me - even worse on a dial up connection.
The way software doesnt come with the cd's means it needs to be
downloaded from repositories - just not viable on dial up.

Since being in America for 3 months, I have seen a better reception for
Linux than I did in Britain. Everyone i've spoken to, who have even used
a computer, seem to have seen Linux in the "flesh" before. It was a nice
surprise to see a freely accessible pc in an internet cafe, running
Gentoo, with a nice browser homepage advertising exactly what it is,
where to get it, and so forth. Not to mention that a number of people
here havent been fearful of trying something different, so spreading
Suse around has been easy (currently 4 people running a non dual-boot
Suse 10.1 system without problems). Back to Ubuntu, people found its
6.06 theme to be somewhat annoying in a way (although its not a
difficult task to change the theme).

Although, depends on your usage. I found Suse alot easier for pretty
much any media format, after a source compile of xine-lib - Ubuntu
seemed to go wrong somewhere in the same process. But for alot of other
things, Ubuntu is a friendly, compatible distro - just dont have a slow
connection.

Ace Ironballs wrote:
> Hello
>  
> My name is Mark and i live in Caerau, Cardiff. I am new to Linux and
> would like to be a part of your group. Like all new Linux users [ i
> suspect] i am getting nowhere fast.
> I have managed to install Ubuntu 5.10 [i got it off ebay] on a old
> computer at home and it hasn't, so far, been the miracle cure for the
> illness that is Microsoft. I guess the problems i am facing are the
> usual ones, bt broadband connection [well, lack of to be honest] and
> my screen is unstable. Maybe Ubuntu is not the best introduction to
> Linux for me or my computer?? I would welcome any of your suggestions.
> I would really love to hear if anyone has actually managed to get a
> Linux OS up and running that they are happy with and it is equal to
> Windows OS.
>  
> Thanks - Mark
>  
>  
>
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