From: Martin Arver <martin.arver_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 13:08:30 +0100

I would suggest Ubuntu as good Linux distribution. As it is based on
Debian, the package system is imho incredibly good. Haven't used
Fedora, but I guess that it is a .rpm based distro which as far as I
know is not up to par with .deb. Ubuntu is also very easy to install
and is functional straight out of the box. If your curious, you could
always download the live-cd and try it out.

On 3/3/06, mathew holton <mathew.holton_at_zirconsoftware.co.uk> wrote:
> Well, I won't start arguing about Debian then. All I know is that I had
> very little linux experience (I installed Red Hat about 7 years
> ago...that's it) and I found it extremely amazing. Maybe other distro's
> are just as amazing now, compared to 7 years ago. I don't know.
>
> Dominik Riebeling wrote:
> > On 3/3/06, mathew holton <mathew.holton_at_zirconsoftware.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> I suggest you install Linux (Debian is really easy) and use that. I
> >>
> >
> > I wouldn't recommend Debian to anyone who is new to Linux. I consider
> > myself an experienced linux user and found other distributions way
> > more beginner-friendly.
> > I'd recommend Fedora Core (http://www.fedora.redhat.com) for
> > beginners. (No, I don't want to start arguing about Debian -- it has
> > its strengths, but I really think it isn't suited for beginners)
> >
> > -- Dominik
> >
> >
> >
>
Received on 2006-03-03