[sf-lug] Newbie asking a dumb question...

[vincent polite]

Yeah, and I always go for the kiddie pool. Of course,
with my girth. I'd probably displace all the
water...8}

--- Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:

> Quoting vincent polite
> (vpolitewebsiteguy at yahoo.com):
> 
> > Mind if I keep asking you questions?
> 
> Nah, but, at some point, you really have to just
> stop dipping your toe
> and take a dive.  It's ultimately the only real way
> to find out.
> 
> > What distro would you recommend? About how long
> would
> > you estimate this would take? 
> 
> I've already posted my standard, generic answer to
> the "which distro"
> question:  It's one of the mini-essays on the "Linux
> Tire-Kicking" 
> portion of my personal rants page:
> 
>
http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/index.php?page=kicking#distro
> 
> It recommends several _desktop_ Linux variants
> widely believed to be
> good for newcomers, plus referring you for more
> information to Karsten's
> Diestribution Guide, DistroWatch's Major
> Distributions page, and the
> Linux Distribution Chooser survey.
> 
> Basic installation of any Linux distribution tends
> to take about 1/2
> hour to an hour.  (As I mentioned yesterday, there
> area also plenty of
> "live CD" distributions you can kick around without
> installing them at
> all.)  Further configuring your installed Linux
> distribution to do
> particuar thins rather than remain in a generic
> state requires anywhere
> from minutes to a lifetime, depending on how much
> you're doing and how
> complex it is.  ;->
> 
> One defensible answer to your question is "You
> should use whatever
> distribution you can get effective local help with,
> if necessary."
> But personally, I prefer "Just pick one.  If you
> don't like it, pick
> another."
> 
> -- 
> Cheers,                   I have yet to see any
> problem, however complicated, 
> Rick Moen                 which, when you looked at
> it in the right way, did 
> rick at linuxmafia.com       not become still more
> complicated. -- Poul Anderson
> 
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