I'll third it (is that allowed?) /IF/ you want to learn Linux, and not just use it. I used slackware for years. I found the install to be easier and cleaner than Redhat's. Slack really does force you to learn a thing or two. A lot of people on this list will tell you to use Debian. Debian is THE DEVIL. They say Debian is the solution for everything, just check the archives! They are trying to lead you down the path of temptation, promising everything but delivering nothing. It's all LIES made up by the Con to lure you into their evil cult. When was the last time Debian got up and made you breakfast? Never, because IT DOESN'T. On the other hand, Slackware WILL make you breakfast and you WILL like it. It will make you rich. It will make you more appealing to the opposite sex. Debian is free, but Slackware costs $100,000 and comes with a $100,000 instant rebate. Why would you want to use something that's worth nothing, when you can enjoy the benefits of a $100,000 distribution at no cost? If you say Debian backwards you get "Naibed", which is the same thing you hear when you play the 33rpm of "Revolution 9" backwards at 45rpm with just the left channel. The word means either Satan or Puppies, either way - VERY BAD. And can you believe that they think I'm a Slackware bigot? I gotta go - I think our building is on fire. On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 08:05, Lansing, Dan wrote: > I will second this recommendation > I have found this to be an easier set up and install than windows...auto detected all of my hardware except my gforceFX...with new packages such as swaret, system updates are as easy as 'swaret --update &&swaret --upgrade' > Quick painless and easy to use > > Dan Lansing > ITSC > > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Shawn > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 9:36 PM > To: TCLUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] I need distribution input > > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 19:27:34 -0600 > "PHPTOm" <phptom at wordesign.net> wrote: > > > I am still a beginner as far as linux is concerned. If a new distro > > is going to require hours and hours of troubleshooting/updating, I > > should probably stay with redhat. > > > > My obtuse question is this: what is a solid distro that is not > > underneath a huge corporation like redhat is that a beginner can use? > > > > My recommendation: > > Slackware. Good, solid distribution. Requires a fair amount of tweaking, and doesn't auto-detect like RedHat, Suse, or Mandrake does. But, on the other hand it's a great way to cut your teeth, and learn more about Linux. Pretty simple install to. > > As to searching for security updates, and recompiling the solution to that is fairly simple. Subscribe to the Slack-Announce and Slack-Security mailing lists. Then, to upgrade the package it's pretty simple: > > #upgradepkg packagename.tgz > > Does it for you... > > I've got it running on a relatively new system: P4 2.53GHz, 1 GB Ram, and a GeForce4 ti4200 128MB video card. Works just fine, and is plenty fast. > > I'll even make a copy of the 9.1 distro discs for you if you want... > Adam Maloney Systems Administrator Sihope Communications _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list