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What's A Good Starter Linux distro?

Posted by Hemos on from the start-the-flame-wars-early dept.

alen writes "I've been working with NT for a year now, and I'm getting really tired of it. So I finally decided to learn Linux, after a year of putting it off. I've got an old P2 266 that I'm going to use. Now the next question is what distro do I get? What's a good starter version? I'm just looking to get the feel of it and to play around a little. " This question gets asked periodically - it's always good to hear have a lively discussion about it - I love my Debian but have heard that Mandrake is a good starter distro.

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  1. Re:Depends on your needs. by loopkin · · Score: 2, Funny

    and Suse ? the OS/2 of Linux ?

  2. What's a good car to buy? by RelliK · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've been using public transportation for over a year and I'm getting really tired of it. So finally I decided to get a car. The next question is which model do I get? What's a good starter version? I'm just looking to get the feel of it and to play around a little.

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  3. Re:Depends on your needs. by geirt · · Score: 5, Funny

    RedHat is the ketchup of linux

    Tasty, versatile, red and ubiquitous, but some people will tell you that it isn't very gourmet...

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  4. Number of distros is more than number of users by Binary+Tree · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://www.bbspot.com/News/2000/4/linux_distros.ht ml