1st distro - Yellow Dog Linux - REALLY easy to install (Uses Anaconda Installer, the whole distro is basicly Red Hat PPC)
2nd distro - Debian Stable - Fairly easy to install and use. The installer was kind of a let down after using graphical anaconda, but once it was installed it was "pretty"
My brother (13 years old) is getting a computer soon, and is having me send him some distros (Debian unstable and Fedora 1)to try out. I'm sending Knoppix as a backup. The HD install is pretty easy, and could be done again as needed, if a fatal crash were to occur.
~Michael
On Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at 09:30 AM, 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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