Posted by Gareth Williams on 02/08/05 10:26

I would agree with the Mandrake recommendation.

I first installed it a few years back, to help me get started in the
Linux/Unix world, and had very little trouble with it. It's hardware
recognition has always been very impressive. Since first installing
Mandrake, I have often thought I should 'grow up' and try a more
serious distribution, but I always end up coming back. Being Mandrake,
it's as easy as you want to configure stuff, and being Linux, it's
also as hard as you want. I've rarely had dependency problems, but
then I don't really go in for exotic configurations.


On 8 Feb 2005, at 08:21, g.lams@itcilo.org wrote:

> Pretty difficult question as it's a question of taste :-)
>
> If your are new to linux and want to keep your windows (dual-boot),
> Mandrake would be my advice: in a class with users without experience
> of
> linux, they all have been able to install Mandrake (10.1) dual booting
> windows without a problem in -/+ 2 hours. I also have it on my laptop
> since 2/3 years now and it works pretty well
> Fedora Core is really nice, but if I'm not wrong, there is no
> possibility
> in the graphical installation to redimension your windows partition (by
> the way always do a backup and a defrag before)
>
> gaël
>
> The Disguised Jedi <disguised.jedi@gmail.com> wrote on 08/02/2005
> 00.25.28:
>
>> Hello all -
>>
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>>
>> What is your favorite Linux distribution? What would you recommend
>> for my situation?
>>
>> I'm brand new to Linux. I'm just trying to learn how it works, but I
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>>
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>>
>> Thanks a ton!!
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