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Beginner's Guide to Linux Distros

Posted by Zonk on from the pick-your-poison dept.

Martin writes "TipMonkies has a nice overview of various Linux distros for those of you with little time to research each distro yourself. The article also discusses some of the advantages/disadvantages of each distro." From the article: "SUSE- The 'U' is hard and the 'E' is soft. Almost like the word sue with an S on the end. SUSE is the other big commercial distro. It was when it was still it's own company in Germany, and now even bigger since being purchased by Novell."

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  1. Re:But people don't want to learn. by JorDan+Clock · · Score: 0, Troll

    For the tasks you outlined, Linux isn't what people want. In it's current state, the people that want to use Linux are also the people the should be learning how things work under the pretty buttons.

    Linux isn't a desktop OS. No matter what people say, that's not its purpose. With that in mind, people shouldn't be moving to it with the desktop OS mentallity. Sure, you can use it as a desktop, but you can use Windows XP for a server. Doesn't mean it's any good or remotely meant for it, but you can change it around to be better suited. However, no matter how much you change it, it won't compare to BSD or Linux as a server.

    If someone wants to use their computer to check e-mail, browse the web, or pay bills online, they should stick to OS X or Windows (although for the bill paying maybe they should stick with OS X, haha.).