On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 18:57, Richard Esplin wrote: > Debian is often referred to as an "expert" distribution. I still haven't > tried it (though maybe after this semester) because its reputation suggests > that you have to really know what you are doing to get everything set up. > Perhaps you would have a less frustrating first experience to Linux if you > started with a distribution that gave you more help out of the box -- like > Red Hat or Mandrake. I find Red Hat to be immediately usable (30 minute > install) and I have learned a lot by customizing it. Now that I know my way > around, I think I can try something more advanced without dying of > frustration. You sound like you know what you are doing, so I wouldn't want > to discourage you from debian; but if you find things too frustrating you > should try another distrubution before giving up and reverting to your old > OS.
If you decide to try something other than Debian, I suggest Yellow Dog Linux. It's frustrating being behind the curve, but they do a good job of supporting PowerPC. > I hope this helps. Do some of you Debian and PowerPC guys have better > suggestions? Unfortunately, I can't offer much help. Art's Powerbook died awhile ago, but he used to be running Debian on it. Maybe he can help. -- Stuart Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> #define FALSE 0 /* This is the naked Truth */ #define TRUE 1 /* and this is the Light */ -- mailto.c ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
