[SATLUG] [Fwd: Re: Which Linux is for You?]

[Geoff]

Hey, Gang... I've got a friend who -really- wants to be using Linux.  
Below are his concerns.
How can I help him?

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Geoff, I have about 6 versions of Linux, Debian, knoppix, Redhat, SuSE, etc. 
but none of them see all of my hardware. So far, for what I am doing, it is 
not worth my effort or time. Believe me, I know Linux is superior but I 
have, truly, ZERO problems with Windows 2K or XP, it just all works for me 
and my business. If I could find a version of Linux that I could get up and 
running in a reasonable amount of time (2 hours) that WORKED with what I 
have, I would change in a second, but so far, Linux just is not up to date 
with the real "Business" world yet. I have tried several times. If you ever 
find a version, please let me know. It is not about experiencing Linux, I 
have done that. In fact I used to setup and administrate all of the Motorola 
Unix servers which was very similar, both Pre-GUI and post GUI, of course, 
Linux has vastly improved on that.

Larry


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff" 
To: "Larry 
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: Which Linux is for You?


> Larry Lowry - WD5CFJ wrote:
>> None so far.
>>
>> My only question is this. Which one can I insert into my pc and it will 
>> load, recognize ALL of my hardware including my wireless network 
>> hardware, and motherboard chipset hardware and then JUST WORK without me 
>> having to go all over the internet looking for patches, addin's,etc, 
>> because the latest SUSE surely dosen't.
>>
>> Larry
>
> At least you've got 'choices', Larry, and there are more distros than 
> SuSE.  In fact, I'm looking for one m'self so I can get away from Novell, 
> since they've decided to align themselves with Micro$loth.
>
> Why not download an .iso of Knoppix - boot the machine from the CD and 
> experience linux that way.
>
> There are several 'live' cd's, for the various distros.