[ale] easy first distro for a non-linux person?

[Dow Hurst]

Definitely SuSE with a second on Mandrake in my opinion for a first shot.

I looked at Gentoo and found several kernels available for different 
needs.  That is really cool.  So if I want bleeding edge hardware 
support there is a kernel for me.  If you want a stable traditional well 
tested kernel then it is there.  If you want a gaming kernel tuned for 
preemptive multitasking, you can have that.  It is not for newbies or 
people who want GUI's with scripts for management but it sure is 
configurable and easily updateable.
Dow


Geoffrey wrote:

> Kilroy, Chris wrote:
>
>> i think w/ RedHat you are going to find overall more hardware
>> support, and as a result, less potential serious
>> installation/configuration troubleshooting issues for the novice
>> user.
>
>
> I would tend to disagree.  I think you'll find Mandrake and SuSE to 
> both have comparable hardware support to RH.  Unfortunately, most 
> folks on the list don't have extensive experience with more then one 
> or two distros.  I know I can't provide reasonable knowledge regarding 
> RH at this point, as they are at least two releases ahead of my last 
> experiences.
>

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