Re: Linux distro for newbies

I'ld suggest
1) http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=pclinuxos
2) http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mepis

[email protected] wrote:

>>At 09:05 AM 9/13/2006, you wrote:
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>>>Too easy... Ubuntu, this is what it was made for.
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>>I had my suspicion that Ubuntu might be the answer...  Think it's
>>about time I had a play with it. :)
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>Yes, Ubuntu is easy to use. It is number two  of my two favorite Linux
>distros in daily use. I personally would recommend Puppy Linux (presently
>version 2.02) to newbies, since it boots from a DVD, reads from it, and
>writes to the same DVD, which at the next boot-up becomes
>"multisessional". The iso file is only around 70-72 MB. Puppy does not
>need a hard drive, and does not interfere with any previous partition.
>Cheers
>Eric
>Eric Pihl
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