Subj : Re: Linux for a Beginner To : comp.os.linux From : Jerry Feldman Date : Thu Jul 08 2004 01:59 pm jmh wrote: > Jerry Feldman wrote: >> David R wrote: >> >> >>>I'm a Windows person who grew up from DOS to Windows 3.0 and now >>>Windows XP. Now I want to try Linux but there are so many >>>distrabutions (I don't know the proper term). Is there one >>>distribution that stands out for beginners over the others? Should I >>>buy with support or download? >> >> Check out the following article that compared SuSE 9.1, Fedora Core 2, >> and Mandrake 10. Pay careful attention to what the author says about >> partitioning. >> http://www.flexbeta.net/main/comments.php?catid=1&id=8126 >> >> I personally prefer SuSE, but all 3 are relatively easy to install. >> Another distribution, that comes in a single standalone CD is Knoppix. >> You can download the ISO, burn it, and boot the CD. >> (http://www.knoppix.org). I generally bring a few of these to various >> meetings and I give it to my students in the "Linux for the Desktop" >> course I teach. I also use Knoppix at installfests, and use QTParted to >> repartition their existing Windows partitions. >> > > What version of QTParted do you use and have you > used it on WinXP Home ed. ? I believe that Knoppix 3.3 has QTParted 0.3.x. I tested it in one of the computer labs, which was running XP, but I'm not sure if it was the home edition or not. I also have 0.4.0, installed on my system, but that is a bit buggy. -- Jerry Feldman Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 .