[Wylug-help] Which Version of Linux?

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 25 Oct 2005 00:30, Dave Fisher wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 10:14:42PM +0000, Smylers wrote:
>
> > I don't think you can
> > extrapolate from that a recommendation that trying out different
> > window environments should be a priority for a beginner.
>
> Absolutely!
>
On the subject of desktops, I suspect that most distros are biased 
towards either kde or gnome.  My advice to a newbie would be to stick 
to the one that your distro favours.  You can play with others when you 
are more comfortable.

I think there is definitely meat in this thread for at least one newbie 
session at wylug.  One thing I do recommend in the way of partitioning 
is a separate /home partition, and this would not necessarily be done 
by default in an installation.  I would also stress that to use the 
distro's tools for partitioning is much better/safer than using 
external tools.

I do like books, but find that 'linux' books are often so out of date by 
the time they come to print that they are not very helpful.  So - we 
should compile a list of places to look for help.  That would include 
where to find the distro's installed documentation, how to find mailing 
lists and wikis, and how to use google for troubleshooting - and 
probably many others.

I'm sure that there are other things we should cover, though.

Anne
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