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Re: [PLUG] Yet Another Distribution Question
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On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 10:36:26PM -0400, Bill Jonas wrote:
> My wife wants to learn how to get around in Unix, since it's used
> extensively in the science and research communities. I'm wondering if I
> should set her up with one of those do-everything GUI-fied distributions
> (like Mandrake or Progeny), or if I should go for something more
> old-school (like Slackware), or if I should go for something more
Does your wife want to learn to be a systems admin, or does she want to
learn a tool to get her job done? Will she need to know how sendmail works
or will she need to model atoms or something? "science" and "research" is
pretty big. I'm at a loss as to what to recomend :)
If you help her get anything setup, and assist troubleshooting problems, it
should enable her to spend more time learning the tools/programs she needs
to do whatever it is she chooses to do.
Further, flashy install tools are a nice touch, but you only need them
once or twice. Pick something that comes with the programs that do what
she wants to do and use that. Really, it shouldnt matter much. At the
core, most distros are all the same. Except redhat. Redhat is evil and
should be avoided for the next several revisions :)
Seriously, pick what works and go with it.
If she wants to play SA, tell her to get a copy of solaris and have fun.
Or try one of the bsds... or whatever. I dunno. So far I like SuSE 7.1.
Mandrake 8.0 looks like its got nice stuff. Recent everything. Saves time
downloading stuff. Its all the same inside.
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 10:36:26PM -0400, Bill Jonas wrote:
> My wife wants to learn how to get around in Unix, since it's used
> extensively in the science and research communities. I'm wondering if I
> should set her up with one of those do-everything GUI-fied distributions
> (like Mandrake or Progeny), or if I should go for something more
> old-school (like Slackware), or if I should go for something more
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Mental
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