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Re: [LUG] Kubuntu etc

 

Hi,

I'm quite an inexperienced LINUX User who's sill weaning myself off Windows
(as you'll probably note from this email being OE based!).

For a Hard Disc Install I've found XANDROS to be the best chocie since it
gives me the ability to get everything up and running wihtout too much
effort and gives me a 'working' system to study (I've tried Slackware and
MANDRAKE but always got to the point where I couldn't quite get the
installation going); also I have quite aancient hardware and this Distro
runs best on such hardware. I've learnt more abut Runlevels, Bottloaders etc
from studying my XANDROS setup then reading a heap of articles but then that
could be because I a have a low concerntartion threshold (i.e. Thick!). The
one problem I've found to date with XANDROS is it dosen't like the Marvell
Yukon Built-In Network card you find on some motherboards (but it does point
that out in it's HW compatability list); this may have changed with Version
4 (I've got V3)..

If you are looking for a LIVE CD I would recommend SUSE 10.1 as that is the
most 'complete' LIVE CD I've found (although to be fair I've not tried
Knoppix or the like).

Regards,
Dave.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neil Winchurst" <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 1:41 PM
Subject: [LUG] Kubuntu etc


> My brother now lives within a mile. He uses Windows, of course, but has
> expressed interest in Linux. I have been using Mandrake/Mandriva for
> several years, using KDE not Gnome.
>
> I know that there are several versions of Linux which my brother could
> try without actually installing anything on his hard drive, that is
> which will run from the CD drive.
>
> However I don't know much about any of them. Any suggestions, warnings,
> comments, recommendations etc would be gratefully received.
>
> TIA
>
> Neil Winchurst
>
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