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Good idea on the virtual machine idea; I've tried it in the past and it's a really great way to test out different distributions! I'm personally waiting to try OpenSuse10.2...I really like the look of the new gnome menu and the integration of beagle etc from the outset is certainly appealing. I'm put off 10.1 with all the reports of problems with the yast(?) system not managing updates correctly? Also, I don't know if anyone on here reads computer active but my dad picked it up today and I was having a quick look through and noticed their star letter: 'Pardon'? The gist of what he had to say is that he was disapointed with Linux from the ease of use perspective, and the ability to quickly find documentation/assistance that is useful to newbies. He was also quite negative about the communities helpfulness. This grated for me a bit because my experience has been wholly different; although there have been times when I've struggled to find that key piece of information it's usually been for something more obscure, for the most part a quick google search or a post to a forum/mailing list quickly results in the answer from enthusiastic people willing to help. It just frustrated me that people are so unappreciative of the hard work and effort that the developers put in; and the kindness of the users who are always willing to try and help you out. Not sure this was the best post for this little rant but I needed to get things of my chest! (Maybe it's time to start a blog!?) On 19/10/06, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Neil Winchurst wrote: > > Thanks for that and all the answers so far. I tried Redhat first and > > then moved on to Suse. Used that for a while and then moved to Mandrake > > at about version 7. Have stayed there since, now on Mandriva2006. > > > > Reading the replies to my questions, I am wondering if I ought to > > move on now. The general opinion seems to be that Mandriva is quite > > good for newbies before moving on to something like Debian. Is that fair > > comment? > > > > I have 134 Gb free on my hard disk at the moment. Would it be > > possible/sensible to install a second distro for a trial run? I have > > heard about dual booting but usually with Windows and Linux. So is my > > idea feasible? And if so would it be terribly complicated/geeky? > > > > Thanks > > Neil Winchurst > > > > > > Well, I'll probably get flamed for this but you could try VMWare-Player > on top of your existing install to try out other distros. At least if > it doesn't suit you only have to delete a couple of files. > > Other alternative to VMWare would be either QEmu or Xen. > > Rob > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- Jon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html