Re: [BLUG] newbee

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Kelly,

If you are thinking about staying with a more reserved distro like that,
I recommend Scientific Linux:
https://www.scientificlinux.org/
Documentation and FAQ
https://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/

It has the backing of CERN and Fermilab, which is impressive in and of
itself. They also have tacked on some additonal tiny bits of software
like ndiswrapper for those pesky laptops. I am still getting to know it
myself, but plan on using it instead of CentOS for enterprise linux
exploration goodness.

Robert

On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, Kelly McEvilly wrote:

> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 08:41:14 -0500 (EST)
> From: Kelly McEvilly <kellym@wbhcp.com>
> Reply-To: Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
> To: Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
> Subject: Re: [BLUG] newbee
>
> OK, since the topic was raised, I'm pretty much a complete noob too.
>
> I'm concentrating on CentOS right now.
>
> Good, bad, indifferent???
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aaron W. Hsu" <arcfide@sacrideo.us>
> To: "Bloomington LINUX Users Group" <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, November 8, 2009 8:46:39 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [BLUG] newbee
>
> On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:15:19 -0500, Sidarth Dasari <Sidster802@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Ive heard Linux Mint is also quite user friendly for new users, and of
>> course if there is always Ubuntu or Kubuntu which your distro is based
>> off of
>
> Alright, that's it, I have to throw in Slackware here. :) The installer is
> a little intimidating if you don't know how to use an ncurses partition
> utility, but other than that, Slackware is great for the starting user who
> wants to learn about Linux. On the other hand, if you don't want to learn
> a different modus operandi from Windows, other systems might work better
> for you. :-)
>
> Aaron W. Hsu
>
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