Chinook wrote: > am trying to decide which Linux to install.
> 1) My wife will be using it for documents and communication. I'm sure > OpenOffice will satisfy the documents use, and she prefers Thunderbird > and Firefox for communications. Oh yes, she says she has to have her > card games :<)) > > 2) I mainly play at (I'm supposedly retired) software development on > my PMac G5 using ObjC/Cocoa. I would like to be able to expand into > the Linux world using GNUstep. > > So, a combination of a simple home system and one on which an old SE > can keep his head busy :-) I'm comfortable using Unix, but have had > no experience using Linux. > > Though it may be as unneeded as on a Mac, I'll want to include ClamAV > or an equivalent. Some sort of firewall would also be a > consideration, as well as a volume cloning tool for backup and > whatever system maintenance tools might be appropriate. Maybe I'll > even have more luck keeping it networked with my Mac than I had with XP. Lots of folks like Ubuntu. For myself, the "never have to worry about software being unFree" nature of Debian is a big plus for pure Debian. Also, Debian is very maintainable, although it's not as newbie-friendly as some other distros. Pretty much any distro will do the things you've specified; I don't think these criteria will suffice for choosing a distro. You may have to move to other criteria (such as the Freedom argument, mentioned above, or such as "commercial support", etc) to make your choice. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
