On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 01:04 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 23:27 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On 28 October 2011 15:20, Ralf Mardorf wrote > > > I don't know PCLinuxOS, but I'm sure it won't work OOTB for all needs. > > > > > > People might read the list's archive, so please don't write such > > > careless generalisations. > > > > Yours is the careless generalisation. This was in reply to a specific > > poster and in answer to a specific question and was a very sensible > > suggestion. PCLinuxOS is a very good distro for someone switching > > from Windows, as the OP is. And the reply which occasioned your > > rudeness said that PCLinux is usually a good distro for a beginner, > > and I entirely agree. > > > > You say that you have not read the thread, so how come you are in a > > position to comment on someone's reply, especially to comment so > > rudely. > > > > If, in addition to not reading the thread, you have never seen > > PCLinuxOS, how on earth can you consider yourself qualified to have an > > opinion? > > > > Lisi > > Rude? Ok, I won't talk about this, but give a hint. > > A good Linux distro for beginners is a Linux distro with a huge > community, IOW a distro that is used by many people and that comes with > lot's of up to date forums, wikis etc., hence a good distro for > beginners would be one of the major distros, any exotic distro in most > cases isn't useful for a beginner. > There are some exceptions, I e.g. already mentioned CNC and DAW. > > If a distro mimicries Windows it's completely bad for beginners, because > this always leads to misunderstandings. Linux isn't Windows. Linux isn't > a C64. Linux isn't ... Linux is Linux. > > I won't sound rude. IMO a beginner should use Ubuntu, Suse, Debian, > Fedora ... those major distros are made for averaged users and they > usually work OOTB. Especially Ubuntu has ggot a huge community with > lot's of up to date wikis, forums etc.. > > IMO it isn't wise to recommend an exotic distro. > > YMMV. > > - Ralf
Too funny, for distrowatch it's a major distro, OTOH if you google for troubleshooting, e.g. regarding to a bug for an app, without using the distro's name for the search, you'll get hits for other distros, but PCLinuxOS. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1319843716.2805.32.camel@debian
