Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: ray Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Good Linux to start with Date: 4 Jul 2011 14:50:26 GMT Lines: 16 Message-ID: <97e29iFeo7U43@mid.individual.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net O7TfV3E/TLUOUysE7NbHHwbTVPKSZ9OzWHdAgRv09PISzYeeGO Cancel-Lock: sha1:x9yMzwH7e5yRV1BMp97FlAWpTW8= User-Agent: Pan/0.132 (Waxed in Black) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.misc:1567 On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:40:05 -0700, Halberstam Reader wrote: > Which is a good Linux distro for a competent (non-Linux) computer person > to install on a computer. I've heard that Debian is best, but a major > pain to install, and that a newbie should avoid it. What's the next > best? I consider Debian to be no more difficult to install than anything else. It may have once been a PITA, but no more. IMHO, you'll have no particular problem with Debian if you try it. Visit distrowatch.com and pick something from the hit page rankings. My own personal preference is to use something which uses debian package management (that includes Ubuntu and a host of others) simply because I've had problems from time to time with rpm bases systems - though I admit I've not used one in a year or two.