Originally posted by FreeUS@Nov 9 2002, 01:07 PM
craftyc, have you any idea if there is a basic distro out there to download?. I mean if there are is a distro with the kernel and basic XWindow (everything ready to download).
Mandrake, Red Hat and SuSE are the best choices for newbies. They have a lot of software available on them and are very easy to use. I personally find them a bit bloated and klunky but thats only my opinion.
If you want to jump straight into the deep end I would suggest any source based distro (like Gentoo, LFS (Linux From Scratch), Sorcerer), Debian and Slackware because they give you complete control over your system. However this also means that you have to do a lot by yourself (including the install, maintenance, no hand-holding at all).
I personally use Gentoo but have tried Red Hat and Mandrake.
I hope this helps.
PS here are their respective links: -
Mandrake - /www.linux-mandrake.com
Red Hat - /www.redhat.com
SuSE - /www.suse.com
Gentoo - /www.gentoo.org
LFS - /www.linuxfromscratch.org
Sorcerer - /http://sorcerer.berlios.de/
Debian - /www.debian.org
Slackware - /www.slackware.org
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