[NBLUG/talk] Suggestions for newbie Linux Person

[Christopher Wagner]

It's been *many* years since I've run Slackware, but I don't recall any
particular easy-to-use package manager like Red Carpet, Synaptic, or
similar to allow for easy point and click installation of software or to
handle OS updates.  Also, are a lot of the things like hotplug and such
all set-up by default after install?  For instance, if I were choose all
the recommended defaults during install, will I get a system that has a
window manager starting by default, the ability to plug in a camera or
USB storage device without messing with my fstab, all the popular OSS
apps for web browsing, reading email, writing documents/spreadsheets, is
CUPS installed by default?  I'm quite curious, again, as it's been
*many* years since I've worked with Slackware.

- Chris

David M. Schulz wrote:

>I'd suggest using Slackware (current version is 10.2).  The installation is
>hassle-free.  The distribution has virtually everything you could want.  You
>can choose from a number of window managers...KDE is great and current.  Use
>liloconfig to manage the dual boot business.  Then, it's an easy job to set
>up your wife's username and .bash_profile to 'startx' when she logs onto the
>machine.  Also, if she wants to "poke around with Linux," there is really no
>better choice than Slackware, in my humble opinion...
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