[olug] Newbie Linux Distro

[Jeff Norton]

I find newbie's do ok with Mandrake. It operates some what mindless.
Check out distrowatch.com

On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 12:59, Jay Swackhamer wrote:
> You could do a gentoo-GRP,
> or try Xandros for a 4-click install
> or Knoppix hard drive install......
> or Whitebox Linux (RH ES based)
> 
> just get an 80 gig drive and install 8 distros, then let him choose..........
> 
> > Im going to help a linux newbie set up his first distro.  But I am
> > unsure what  to give him.  My personal best experiences lie in Gentoo
> > and Debian.
> >
> > Gentoo takes way too long and is a little advanced.
> > Debian is good, but stable is SO OLD, and relatively useless..... and
> > unstable  and testing are really buggy.
> >
> > So What would everyone reccomend?  and WHY?
> >
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