On Friday September 12 2003 10:05 am,=20
plug-discuss-request@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us wrote:
*v* 6. RE: InstallFest decisions (George Gambill)
*v*From: George Gambill <
ggambill@computer-guidance.com>
*v*Enter Red Hat:
*v*
*v*Speaking from experience (as a newbie) I lurked this list for some tim=
e
*v*before choosing a distro. From this list, I decided that Red Hat was =
one
of *v*the (if not the) most newbie friendly (with MS background) distro
available.
Shouldn't we base our choice of a distro more on the users experience lev=
el?
Say we have a Grandma, we certainly don't want to set her up with a distr=
o=20
that will drive her back to the evil empire.=20
Yet if we get an experienced sysadmin that has been using the command lin=
e to=20
do a lot of their admin chores Debian would probably be the best choice f=
or=20
them.
I think if we come up with three choices based on ease of install and use=
, we=20
could very well cover the entire spectrum of the newbies' needs.
Something like:
1 no brainer (almost like the evil empire)
2. medium
3 hardcore
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Augie Grayfox
grayfox78 at cox dot net
"They're smoking crack" Linus Thorvalds commenting on SCO.
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