[EMAIL PROTECTED] said unto the world upon 2005-12-19 00:36: > Brian van den Broek wrote:
<snip> >>I've tried solo and failed a few times to install various Linux >>distros on Intel x86 laptops. (The software modem was always the >>sticking point.) A recent acquaintance has volunteered to guide me >>through an install tomorrow. He's a Debian fellow. I'm not in a >>position to have any preferences, so am inclined to follow his distro >>choice. >> >>The only area of computing in which I am interested and with which >>he's unfamiliar is Python. He suggested I try to find out if there are >>any potential issues with Debian stable and Python. <snip> >>Thanks bunches, >> > > Try to ask him to install ubuntu for you. It use the same debian > packaging system(and most package setup is the same as debian) but has > a newer python which is based on 2.4. Should have better hardware > support too. I would say it is a good choice for desktop/laptop over > vanilla debian. You will still get the same kind of help from him as > they are 95% similar. > > I use debian when I don't want cutting edge things(mostly for servers) > but ubuntu for desktop/laptop. Thanks to Robert and bonono for the responses. I think I will see if he'd be willing to give ubuntu a go. Best, Brian vdB -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
