[ltp] which distro 4 a linux newbie T20?

[Wayne Talbot]

I tried the Lycoris and they seemed to be too much like that other Redmond 
distribution (Window$); it was slow as molasses and froze up regularly. 

On Wednesday 03 July 2002 08:50 am, Jim Redmond wrote:
> > which Linux distribution should I have a go for?
>
> Other people have suggested SuSE, Red Hat, and Mandrake, and I'd just
> like to offer up Desktop/LX (by Lycoris; formerly Redmond Linux, a name
> which I favored for some reason ;).  It's very simple to install, the
> installer can handle partitioning on its own if you let it, and the KDE
> GUI should be quite familiar to any Windows user.  (Caveat - I was
> unable to get Desktop/LX to install on my 760XL due to some trouble in
> their boot floppies.  I've only seen it work on machines which can boot
> from CD-ROM.)
>
> > (I only did a simple Debian
> > install and got it running with X on a desktop)
>
> If you've managed to get X running in Debian you're well on your way.
> Debian is the distro of choice for the masochist newbie, IMNSHO.
>
> > Perhaps you might
> > also be able to point me to some "Linux-for-dummies"-like sites on the
> > Internet ;-)
>
> http://www.tldp.org/  The Linux Documentation Project
> http://www.linux-laptop.net/  Laptop-specific stuff
> And the documentation for your chosen distro should be able to answer a
> lot of questions.
>
> Good luck!  Let us know how it turns out.

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