I'll 2nd the slackware recommendation. It was my first distro and I learned alot. Still use it for it's stability and hack-ability. It's quick to install, easy to update, and most things work out of the box with slackware 9.0 (YMMV depending on what hardware you have). It just works. Lansing, Dan wrote: > I would recommend slackware...it is the distro I started with and taught me the most....dual booting will not be a problem with the default LILO setup and as a distro to help you learn the ropes I can think of none better....it gives you the freedom to learn the configuration and what not and doesn't dumb anything down for you while still having all the manpages and KDE and Gnome for easy user friendly GUI....and most importantly all other distros will give you genital warts....no lie...i read it on Slashdot... > > Dan Lansing > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joel Dick [mailto:joel_cd at yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 1:37 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: [TCLUG] Installfest Distro, need help deciding > > Seeing as the installfest is fast approaching, I'm trying to decide what > distro I want to install, I'm sure this is always a popular question... -- scot _______________________________________________ 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