[Cialug] Which Distro is best?

[Dave Crouse]

Personally, like I said before, I wouldn't recommend starting with Gentoo.
Read this before you do....
http://www.linuxquestions.org/reviews/showcat.php/cat/9
Gentoo is a great distro, it is NOT geared towards Linux newbies, nor
is Arch, or LFS or Slackware, all great versions of Linux, but they
sure aren't what I'd recommend to you.  Personally I don't know anyone
who STARTED their linux excursions with Gentoo.

Put simply:
The installation is quite indepth and requires a decent knowledge of
Linux to correctly configure.

Just my opinion.

Dave Crouse
www.usalug.org


On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Nick Johnson <mainbass64 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I will call up the school and ask them, that is a good idea. However, the
>> purpose of me getting into linux is for me to expand my knowledge of
>> computers and software. I really just inquire about how the actual system
>> works and how programming may be different or maybe how things work
>> differently. To tell you the truth, I like to figure stuff out, and I like
>> to be able to say that I have learned something on my own.
>
> If you're willing to put the work in, and it sounds like you may be,
> then you might want to give Gentoo a chance.  The payoff is long term.
>
> -todd
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