[NBLUG/talk] I'm on the war path now!

Troy Arnold troy at zenux.net
Tue May 31 14:02:06 PDT 2005


On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 01:52:40PM -0700, A'fish'ionado wrote:
> > Debian:  My choice.  Huge package selection.  Free.  Easy to
> > update/upgrade.
> 
> I love Debian too, but I wouldn't advise it for a first Linux install,
> unless you're ready to spend a lot of time learning. :-) SuSE is
> easier on newbies to setup, IME.
> 
> Although, if you can get someone at one of the installfests to install
> Debian and get everything working for you, then I'd go for it. Debian
> is nicer to work with than SuSE, I've found, once you've got
> everything working.

The Debian Sarge installer Does Not Suck (tm)   There's no need to fear
Debian installs any more (unless, perhaps, you're running very
new-to-the-market hardware)

-t



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