[PLUG] Selecting a Distribution (was: Solved: <Soon> New Computer)

[David Kaplan]

If you want a very fast easy to configure distro, try mepis antiX 8.5. It's
Debian based with Fluxbox and IceWM window managers. It ran great on a 11 yr
old Dell w/ P 933mhz cpu and 128 RAM. One of the best with old machines and
its srcreams on a now PC.

Also my favorite distros to get new people (or anybody else) to use Linux,
is Mint and Mandriva.

http://distrowatch.com/



On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Mar 2010, Marvin Kosmal wrote:
>
> > Bingo...........
> > I will try Fedora for the rest of the week....
>
>   This brings up a related question: what criteria do you (collectively,
> not
> just Marvin) use in selecting a distribution? Does the choice depend on the
> system being used personally compared with professionally (knowing,
> supporting, and recommending distributions?)
>
> Just curious,
>
> Rich
>
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