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Re: [PLUG] What's the best KDE-based distro for noobs at this point?
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On 03/23/2010 08:46 AM, Greg Helledy wrote:
> Is are Mint's packages the same? If you wanted to get someone started
> on a distro with KDE (that they're going to install themselves), what
> would you suggest?
Well, I don't think I'd start a complete newbie this way, unless they
have decent IT skills already, but Gentoo is DM-agnostic. In my
experience it tends to work equally fine with gnome, kde, or xfce. It
actually has a fairly strong kde contingent. If you run stable things
like broken packages are extremely rare, but Gentoo does have other cons
for a complete newcomer. I wouldn't use it for a computer-illiterate
relative.
For anybody who is a seasoned linux user who is frustrated with their
distro's support of KDE, I'd suggest Gentoo as a very practical option.
Or, better still, feel free to volunteer to help fix kubuntu, or
whatever. I wouldn't begrudge anybody the desire for a strong
desktop-oriented KDE-based binary distro.
Rich
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