John & Peg Pickard said: > In short, will I be able to do something productive with Debian LINUX? And > then I will want to network it with our laptop running WinME, and a
I don't believe your a good candidate for using debian on the desktop. Perhaps SuSE, Mandrake or Xandros, despite being more propritary(sp), they are a step in the right direction(towards more openness) compared to most other platforms. I reccomend SuSE professional(~$80), I use it on systems for people who are less experienced, or linux newbies and aren't interested in learning the details on how things work. SuSE Personal may work fine too, I just like the extra stuff thats in the pro version. I've been using debian as my desktop since 1998, and slackware before that, with not too many issues. I purchase hardware specifically for linux, I don't use a file manager, I don't use KDE/GNOME/some other fancy enviornment. debian is a great system once it's setup, but the initial setup can take some time depending on the hardware involved. And some of the desktop software in stable is "outdated". Some like to use testing or unstable as a solution to this but I prefer to stick to stable, and don't reccomend newbies to the other trees since they are, less tested. SuSE may suit you well though, it has a lot of bells and whistles, though despite using it off and on for 6 months it doesn't satisfy my needs on a more technical level, so the rest of my family uses it, while I stick to debian. nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
