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

[Clif Smith]

Ubuntu?  I'm a Fedora/RH/CentOS person myself, but we've all heard tons this
year about Ubuntu's device support and ease of use.

cjs

On 12/18/06, Geoff <geoff at w5omr.shacknet.nu> wrote:
>
> Hey, Gang... I've got a friend who -really- wants to be using Linux.
> Below are his concerns.
> How can I help him?
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>
>
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