[SWLUG] distro for a non-technical friend

Phillip Muldoon pkmuldoon at picobot.org
Fri Jul 3 20:37:30 UTC 2009


Fedora

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2009/7/1 Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz at gmail.com>:
> On Wednesday 01 July 2009 21:26:00 David Scourfield wrote:
>> Thanks everyone for the suggestions.  I read about PCLinuxOS in a recent
>> LXF which recommended it as a good starter distro.  I've only ever used
>> Debian myself (for about 3-4 years) and, apart from the rare use of the
>> Fedora machines in uni, have no experience of any other distro so I
>> guess I would probably be most comfortable with Ubuntu?
>
> PCLinuxOS uses apt, although it is based originally on Mandriva.  I have found
> it very good for the non-tech-savvy.  I also have personally found it much
> easier to look after and support than Ubuntu.  I use Debian myself.
>
> HTH
> Lisi
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