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gikkuJan 3rd 2008 6:27PM
"The dizzying number of choices in distributions alone is enough to make your head spin, "
and it's enough putting you off completely. In an attempt to not make the wrong decision you make no decision at all, or
as I do, I'm constantly changing and never settling for one distro, trying to find the one that's "better".
shanoboyJan 3rd 2008 7:59PM
So, what's your favorite? What's best for a total noob to linux?
gikkuJan 4th 2008 2:00AM
PCLinuxOS 2007 is a good start.
(Unverified)Jan 5th 2008 9:01PM
I was in the same situation as you, then I decided to go with a
fully adapted (customized) linux distro. I choosed Gentoo and trust me, it was the distro for me.
It took me a week to get my system up and running with a full featured desktop environnement and the set of applications I wanted, but it was worth it.
(Unverified)Jan 7th 2008 7:57AM
@Bruno
You are certainly ambitious! I have a real soft spot for Gentoo. I'm not using it now, but I have in the past. It wouldn't be what I'd usually recommend for the first distro, but it seems it worked fine for you.
Gentoo has *great* documentation. I use their documentation, a lot, in fact, for installing more experimental packages in other distros. And the plus of Gentoo is you know exactly how your system works.
@Others: My first distro was SuSE 8.2, and I think I've tried most of the major distros... Several times. Even did a Linux From Scratch install to see how it all worked. I would say the average new user would do best with Ubuntu, Xandros, openSuSE or a Fedora-type Linux (never had Fedora do too well with my hardware, but it is fairly easy to maintain).