[Cialug] Which Distro is best?

[Nick Johnson]

Alright, i think that im going to try the ubuntu distro, because it seems
the most newbie friendly. Can anyone link the sites to download, or maybe
ill just go buy it out at best buy. Also, am i going to need a boot loader
so i can dual boot windows and linux. Also is there a security system i
should buy for linux? I know its alot of questions and you guys probably
think im a moron at this point, but i just dont want to screw anything up.

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Jeff Chapin <chapinjeff at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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