On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 07:53:10AM -0700, Royce Bell wrote: >Debian Linux was recommended to me by a friend, but (this is embarrassing to >admit, as I feel like a newbie all over again) quite frankly, I'm >confusingly overwhelmed at the different products now available. Debian, >RedHat, etc. Everybody says theirs is the best, but they cannot all be >correct. I don't particularly want to go back to the command line, but I do >appreciate the minimalist approach of Unix, especially from a security >standpoint.
The best distro is the one where you can get help quickly. If you are comfortable with mailing lists, Debian is brilliant. If you like a good thick book, SuSE is hard to beat. If you can get the sysadmin at work to help out, chances are Red Hat will be your choice. In my case, I used a few distros, found that I was nowhere near the level of expertise where any distro would be a limitation and chose Debian because I like the idea of a volunteer community with its free software commitment and its constitution. I hope you like it too. Patrick
