Re: [tlug] Pre-installed linux?

["Mark Makdad" <mark@??>]

On 2/11/07, Scott Robbins <scottro@??> wrote:
> I had no problems with the Gentoo Live CD and this was awhile ago--I
> believe everyone but Ubuntu fixed it shortly after it happened.  (Ok,
> NOW, I'm being petty--but it's so much fun.)   The nice thing about
> LiveCDs is that they don't take long to try.

Yes, I am currently typing this message from the Gentoo LiveCD.
Download to execution in less than 30 minutes.

> I don't know if you're looking for a newcomer friendly type distribution
> or something more difficult, for learning.  Other newcomer friendly ones
> that aren't based on Ubuntu and that at least work with my Matrox are
> PCLinuxOS and Vector.

Well, I haven't run Linux personally since I ran a LAMP stack for
development stuff on Debian on a scrapped 486 (I don't even remember
what version it was back then) in 2002.  I'm not a Linux newcomer, but
I have been out of the game for awhile, and even when I was in the
game, I wasn't that heavy of a user.  It was more to play with.

But this time around I'm serious about learning.  In my job I speak
with a lot of UNIX SAs, and I realize just how far I've fallen behind
(the more technical posts on this list don't help my complex, either).
Maybe I am a masochist, but I do prefer the "advanced" distributions
even if I'm not.  So I guess I'm in for the learning.

I think in the short term, I've decided on Ubuntu.  Gentoo seems good
too, so I'll report back -- if I have video problems, I'll try this
instead.

Mark