[Cialug] Which Distro is best?

[Jeff Chapin]

I personally think that the 'source based' distros are great for a 
decently prepared Linux user to kick their Linux knowledge up a notch, 
but are a bad first experience of Linux for the reasons you specified.

I know when I first started with Linux I had to reinstall quite a few 
times after seriously foobaring a machine.. I would hate to have to 
repeat the three-day process that is installing Gentoo on the hardware I 
used that many times -- and that was with me knowing enough Linux to 
avoid installing too many unneeded packages...

Dave Crouse wrote:
> 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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