[ltp] Beginner: best starter config

[Martin Steigerwald]

Am Dienstag 12 Juli 2005 17:55 schrieb Davide Eletto:
> Dear All,
> Can anyone of you give me a suggestion for the best linux distribution
> for my Thinkpad T21?

Hello,

I use a mixture of Debian Sarge, Etch and Sid with some stuff from 
external repositories and I am quite satisfied with it. Well, your 
mileage might vary. Especially I do not recommend that mixture to a 
beginner as it requires from apt-get magic from time to time ;-).

With Debian you may have a steeper learning curve, but IMHO its worth it. 
Its a install once use till your harddisk breaks and you don't have a 
backup solution ;-) like I appreciate it from my Amiga days.

I did not yet test Ubuntu aside from using the X.org ubuntu packages from 
it for a while. I heard more than once that Ubuntu packages are not 100% 
compatible with the official Debian packages although they base on them. 
And I like to stay compatible to official Debian packages with my system. 
Thats my main source for software and for I like to keep it that way.

Regards,
-- 
Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de