Definitely pick something stable, like Fedora Core 1. It'd be too hard to try to talk a newbie through a lot of the stuff that you'd need to be able to fix it if something broke. Be sure to get it updated through yum or apt-get or something too.
Also, be sure to point him to some good linux-intro documentation. My favorite is at "http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html";.
Have fun, and good luck,
Lloyd Brown
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Hyrum Wright wrote:
I don't mean to renew the age old distro wars, but....
I've got a friend who is fed up with Windows, and when I offered Linux as a suggestion, he was very favorable to the idea. I'm trying to figure out what would be a good distro to install on his machine tonight. Given that he is leaving town tomorrow for the summer, and I won't be around to help (except via email), is there a distro which would be the easiest for him to use, and for me to install?
I'll be doing this tonight, which means I'll need to be able to get the ISOs this afternoon, so rapid responses would be the best. Thanks.
-Hyrum
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