[Wylug-help] Which Version of Linux?

Tue Oct 25 12:08:45 BST 2005

On Sunday 23 Oct 2005 21:35, Stuart Taylor wrote:
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> <P>Ay-up.</P>
> <P>After much hair pulling over windows I've decided to have a go
> with Linux. Ican't seem to make my mind up over the various
> distributions available though. I've narrowed it down to SuSe,
> Mandriva, Fedora or Knoppix, but I've no idea how they compare or
> ease of use.</P> <P>I'm an absolute beginner to Linux (although no
> stranger to comuters and command prompts don't scare me) and it's
> only for a home machine. I would like to keep Windows XP on the
> machine as well so if any of the above don't work well with dual boot
> can you let me know ( i've already got a nice empty hard drive just
> waiting for the install).</P> <P>Cheers</P>
> <P>Stuart<BR><BR></P></DIV></div></html>

Stuart, I've just come across this article, which may at least give you 
some insight as to how one person made a decision:

http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000160

Anne
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