[ale] linux recommendations

[Sergio Chaves]

Gent.. what? :o)

Mike Murphy wrote:

> oh, and sorry if any mandrake and slackware people feel slighted by me 
> not including them as well. I'm sure I'll be hearing from them too now.
>
> Mike
>
>
> Mike Murphy wrote:
>
>> ok, we've got 3 of the biggest 4 distros (assuming you count suse and 
>> novel as one nowadays). We just need someone to argue for gentoo now ;-)
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> James Baldwin wrote:
>>
>>> On 22 Dec 2004, at 10:25, Barnes, Michael wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am building a computer for my daughters and am considering 
>>>> installing a
>>>> LINUX distro. Since, I will be away from the house (do to job), I 
>>>> need a
>>>> distro that is easy to install and maintain. This distro will need 
>>>> to be
>>>> able to work on a wireless network and access a printer that is 
>>>> being hosted
>>>> by windows xp pro.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Since this isn't for a Linux savvy technical monkey, your choice 
>>> should be based on stability and ease of package management (the 
>>> latter is the only measure I think worth anything nowadays when 
>>> deciding on a Linux distribution for a non-commercial purpose). I'd 
>>> have the recommend Debian stable.
>>>
>>> The tools won't be bleeding edge, or anywhere even approaching 
>>> current but they will be stable and secure. Apt has an excellent 
>>> package manager, and with a little extra effort is very easy to cron 
>>> updates with exception handling (I'd be surprised if someone didn't 
>>> already distribute a script for this).
>>>
>>> I don't know any distribution that will not "work on a wireless 
>>> network and access a printer...".
>>>
>>>
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