On Sun, 2010-07-25 at 10:05 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > When it comes to picking a linux distribution for the first time users > they *may* be better served by downloading the various liveCDs from > different distributions and giving them a whirl. Or they could talk > to their friends and use what they use so they can help each other. If I were advising someone about to try Linux which one to try, my response would be similar: Pick one that you have good support for, unless you're going to be able to fix all your problems by yourself. Whether that be support from your friends, or on-line. But they'll still go through the following. ;-) > Whatever distro they pick they will, inevitably, suffer from the > "grass is greener" syndrome. :-) In the past, I'd be inclined to suggest the same as what I'm using, as I'm familiar with it. But, these days, knowing that I'll be called upon endlessly for help, I only tell people that I use Fedora, but they may be happier with Ubuntu. And I can't help them with Ubuntu, because I don't use it. I tend to agree with the other comment about them having similar problems, but with a longer-life product, your resolution will probably have a longer life span, too. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
