With a 600 MHz laptop, I did a 1 hour install on Ubuntu including all patches. I'd like to see da boys in Redmond beat that.
Regards, Jim Jim Ray, President Neuse River Networks tel: 919-838-1672 cell: 919-606-1772 http://www.Neuse.Net Neuse River Networks > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Lee Fickenscher > Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 3:22 PM > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Distro suggestions > > On Dec 19, 2006, at 3:13 PM, Magnus wrote: > > > Jason S. Evans wrote: > > > >> I'm looking to try out a new Linux distro, and I'm looking for > >> suggestions. I've recently tried OpenSuSE, Ubuntu, Fedora Core, > >> Damn Small, and Debian. So, what should I try next? > > > > > > Try something that isn't Linux at all. Perhaps OpenBSD? > > > > If you have a few weeks to spare to come up with a very barebones > > useable system, Gentoo is worth a try. > > LOL, quit it! A barebones Gentoo install can be done in a day. I used > to do a full gnome install in a weekend and that was before they had > GRP. Now, I did have a fairly current system, an athlon that was a > year or so old, but if you aren't trying to install on a 386 it > shouldn't take more than a weekend for a full install. > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
