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The Best Linux Distro for a New User?

Posted by Cliff on from the an-age-old-question dept.

GhostCypher asks: "I've been a Mac user for nigh on 12 years, and recently made the reverse-switch (yes, Mac to PC) due to an unfortunate accident to my PowerBook. Now that I have this spiffy new HP laptop, I want to run Linux or Unix of some flavor on it, but I don't know the best one to run. I've been considering FreeBSD and OpenBSD, as well as SuSE Linux, Fedora, and Mandrake. Could the wisened Linux gurus here offer some insight as to the best package for a former Mac user to introduce him to the greater world of Linux without major headaches in setting it all up?"

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  1. "Accident"? by repvik · · Score: 3, Funny

    I bet this is what happened to the Powerbook :)

  2. Re:Knoppix by linzeal · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't listen to him knoppix is the most difficult distro in the world to install. What you want is Gentoo.

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  3. Re:For the love of god... by peacefinder · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, well heck. I didn't realizing you were flamebaiting on purpose.

    Carry on, then!

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  4. My head hurts! by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 2, Funny
    So if I have a Linux/BSD guru friend I should see them. But I should only follow your advice if I haven't. So I shouldn't get advice from a friend and instead I should get advice form /. But the advice on /. is that if I have a Linux/BSD guru friend...

    Ow! My head hurts!

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