[TriLUG] Easy Distro

[Jason Tower]

John Broome wrote:
> On 6/22/05, Mark Freeze <mfreeze at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>I am giving a computer to a person who really doesn't have the money
>>to buy their own.  It's a fairly decent, but older box.  It has a
>>Celeron 1.8G processor, a 75GB drive, and about 512MB of RAM.  This
> 
> 
> That's a pretty decent box, nice.
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>>own.  I figured I would put Linux & Open Office on the box so my
>>question is this:  In everyone's humble opinion, what is the absolute
>>best distro for a true entry level user?  I personally use Mandrake
>>which seems pretty easy to me, but I've never used anything else
>>except Red Hat before the RHEL/FC split.
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> I have been converted to the Debian Way so i'd suggest Kubuntu.  KDE
> will be more familiar to a windows user, and it's extra easy to set up
> and manage.

don't use the kubuntu iso (it doesn't include the system administration 
tools, which most folks will need).  instead start with ubuntu and 
'apt-get install kubuntu-desktop'.  the end result is a kubuntu system 
but with more tools.

jason