[Nolug] friendly linux distros

1). I've said it many times, if you set up a linux box for some random user
so that everyting is installed and everything works, and you run them through
it ("here is your browser, you do email here, this is your wordprocessor,
etc..."), then they can be productive. If they don't have to admin it, and
only have to be a user, anyone can use linux.

2). I saw a demonstration of Lindows this week, and while I wouldn't want to
run it here at my house, it is, I think, perfect for clued users wanting to
migrate from windows. It detects everything during install. It even found and
mounted windows shares it found on other PCs on the LAN, using samba. I was
impressed. Too bad they don't offer a free download for it :-(

3). More experienced users would probably be ok with SuSE, mandrake, or even
debian, as these distros install easily, configure stuff automatically in
many cases, update easily, etc..

--Joey

Thou spake:
>>Please give me more suggestions for friendly distros.
>
>I know I'm probably going to get torn up for saying this, but if this is for
>your GF maybe you should just put Windows on it and save her the trouble.
>Or, if this is not feasible, Lindows.
>Dave
>
>PS Please don't lynch me NOLUG
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chris Bloch" <blochsound@yahoo.com>
>To: <nolug@joeykelly.net>
>Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 12:38 AM
>Subject: Re: [Nolug] installing gnu compiler
>
>> Libranet? I will look into it.
>> This was actually my girlfriend's box that I built
>> her, and so the PRIME consideration was ease of use.
>> Mandrake was the only install that automatically
>> configured the right sound card, network and video out
>> of lycoris, an older mandrake, knoppix, and ark (which
>> wouldn't even boot)
>>
>> Likewise, these same distro's didn't configure on my
>> box. I couldn't even get mandrake to boot, on my semi
>> new computer. The main problem has been getting sound
>> out of my intel i810 chipset which does not get
>> configured right on any distro. I trashed gentoo
>> which was GREAT except for this. If I could have
>> fixed it I would have stuck with it, just because
>> installing software was so easy.
>>
>> Please give me more suggestions for friendly distros.
>>
>> --- Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>> > On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 13:28, Joey Kelly wrote:
>> > > Chris,
>> > >
>> > > Mandrake must have a way to install new software.
>> >
>> > Drakconfig, perhaps? I
>> >
>> > > don't remember much about MDK, as I only ran it
>> >
>> > for like 2 weeks, but I know
>> >
>> > > you can install new stuff via whatever installer
>> >
>> > it uses.
>> >
>> > > Hey, if you get in a bind, my offer still stands,
>> >
>> > I'll come over to your
>> >
>> > > place and hold your hand (save the jokes, Ron) if
>> >
>> > you need me to.
>> >
>> > Whatever are you talking about, Joey?
>> >
>> > I was going to tell him to dump Mdk and go for
>> > Libranet. Underneath
>> > all that newbie-friendliness is a *real* OS just
>> > waiting to bust out...
>> >
>> > > Thou spake:
>> > > >Hi,
>> > > > I just reinstalled my computer with the new
>> >
>> > mandrake
>> >
>> > > >beta, but it doesn't come with any compiler
>> >
>> > tools, or
>> >
>> > > >a lot of the other software that would come in
>> >
>> > the
>> >
>> > > >normal release.
>> > > > How would I go about installing gcc? How can
>> >
>> > it
>> >
>> > > >compile itself?
>> > > >
>> > > >Very confused,
>> > > >Chris Bloch
>> >
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