David, Have tried SuSE version 7.? The motherboard was going bad and thought that SuSE was messing up my Windows partition, so never went back to SuSE after replacement of the motherboard. I have the SuSE DVD version 10.1, but have not installed that yet. Then tried Mandrake 8, when I did a upgrade from 9.0 to 9.3 that distro failed to boot, tried all suggestions on the Mandrake user groups even reinstall of version 9.0, that failed to boot. Never went back to Mandrake or have tried Mandriva. A few different versions of Knoppix, last was version 5.0 live CD, it worked fine I wanted one to install on the HDD. Last one: and have had good results with SimplyMEPIS 6.0. RC1 Version 6 has the "unbuntu" core I guess. http://www.mepis.org/ Tried some of the "Live CD" versions of Ubuntu, Fedora, Kubuntu. I like the KDE interface over the GNOME. Have installed extra programs from tar ball, and seem to be getting somewhat of an idea about tar files. Jerry W -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: David Alanis <SDALAN04 at smumn.edu> > Jerry, Eugene: > > I am also a novice to Linux, I feel that I know enough to be able to run a few > distros without as much help as in the past. However, I really became interested > in Gentoo Linux through my friend Jeff, which sleeps, eats, and lives with 5-10 > live gentoo boxes. Having this friendship we talked about the different methods, > applications, utilities, and learning moments we have had with different > applications. So, I think you two might have something very in common possibly > working on computers together knowledge could be exchanged. BTW, what distros > have you worked with in the past, just so people who read your postings can get > a better understanding? > > Thanks, > > David > > > On Sunday, June 18, 2006 6:14 AM, Jerry W wrote: > > > >Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 06:14:30 -0500 > >From: Jerry W > >To: Tc-lug <tclug-list at mn-linux.org>, esamuel at mn.rr.com > >Subject: [tclug-list] Linux Tutor > > > >Eugene, > > > >I would be interested also. Have used some of the Linux distros for the > >past year or so and kind of new. > > > >I live in South St Paul, MN. Retired, lots of time on my hands. > > > >Jerry Weihrauch > > > >_______________________________________________ > >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > >tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > "Great Spirits Have Always Encountered Violent Opposition From Mediocre Minds" - > Einstein > > "Cuanta estupidez en tan poco cerebro!" >