[SGVLUG] [Fwd: LINUX Distro]

[Bryan White]

Debian will get you set up pretty quickly and let you dive right in. I'd
suggest spending some time at the command line, but installing X is real
easy in deb too. If your system has low specs you may want to consider
windows managers such as Fluxbox or XFCE instead of Gnome or KDE(both use
quite a bit of memory relative to flux/xfce). Also debian makes updating
your system really easy.

On 11/17/05, Don Saxton <dsaxton at pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> I don't know distros. I use fedora. I sent your mail to sgvlug but no
> one has responded
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> Don Saxton wrote:
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> >
> > Subject:
> > LINUX Distro
> > From:
> > DOREN GARCIA <doren42 at sbcglobal.net>
> > Date:
> > Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:13:25 -0800
> > To:
> > Don Saxton <euphobot at pacbell.net>
> >
> > To:
> > Don Saxton <euphobot at pacbell.net>
> >
> >
> >I been thinking about getting a cheap used x86 box to play with.
> >
> >I've also been thinking about installing a LINUX distro. So far these
> seem
> >to be the ones I'd be interested in.
> >
> >MEPIS Linux (Multimedia friendly) because I might want to be in the
> >multimedia/digital living room business 3 years down the road.
> >
> >
> >Debian GNU/Linux (all around stable & Server Friendly) because I
> eventually
> >might want to set up a server eventually and Linux is cheaper than OSX.
> >
> >
> >Mandriva Linux formerly Mandrake (Best Installers & Hardware detection)
> >Because it seems like it might be the easiest with a partitioner etc.
> >
> >Got any opinions?
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