For a beginner distribution, the toughest thing to work through is getting all the hardware to work right. Depending on how much time you have, you may want to try a few to see which works best on your machine. Besides Red Hat and Mandrake (and Debian which you've already tried) I've heard good things about Lycoris and Xandros. Then there's Knoppix, which you can boot right off the CD, and see in no time at all if it detects all your hardware OK. (And if it does I understand you can just install it straight onto your machine.)
For a list of more distros than you can shake a stick at, have a look at http://www.distrowatch.com/
Lars
krazyk wrote:
Hello. I got my first Linux install on my computer last winter (I think...it might have been fall) at the Install fest. Due to pressure from a friend, I got Debian. This was all fine and dandy until I realized that Debian has a horribly steep learning curve, which I didn't have time to conquer. And then I reformatted my computer this last fall, and no longer have access to my Linux partition at all (which I'm told can be easily solved by getting a Linux boot disk...I accidentally formatted the one I had). Anyways, what that all boils down to is that I'd like to get a new Install of Linux on my system as long as I'm going to bother searching out a Linux disk.
So, basically, I'd like to know what a good distro is for beginners (I've heard lots of good stuff about Mandrake, but don't actually know much about it), and if there's any way of getting an install disc for it without paying lots of money for the fanciest newest package direct from the company (poor college student syndrome).
Thanks!
Kirsa Stay
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