On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:50 AM, Doug <dmcgarr...@optonline.net> wrote:
> You are going to get a lot of opinions here, and as a result you may be > just as confused as you are now! Yes, but I guess reading the great experiences would just create a broader picture in my mind. Though it is true that confusion could get generated but still I would manage with one distribution to start with and eventually see the LIVE CDs of all. > But here are some points to consider: > You're right that the kernel is just about the same for all. It's the > realization of the system, Ok. And I guess it is the "kernel" which is Linux. > mainly two particulars, that distinguish each from another. The two are the > Graphic User Interface (GUI) and > the package manager. > The GUI is responsible for much of the system requirements. You will > be much better off using LXDE or XFCE as a GUI, since their system > requirements are the lowest. You should not be looking at GNOME, > in any of its variations, or KDE, with your low-end hardware. Low-end hardware probably means the end users' hardware... > PCLOS has an LXDE version which I have tried, and it works fine, altho I > use its big brother KDE. But I have the hardware to do so. > LXDE looks somewhat like Windows, so it should be easy to adapt to. Well, and also I heard it is light weight. > The other differentiator is the package manager. I have a very strong > opinion here: the package manager MUST display the available programs > that you can choose from. If it doesn't, you will have to have a list > from somewhere. The idea of using "apt-get-install filename" is just > beyond my belief. So you need some kind of file manager that displays > all available files, and you just highlight one and tell it install. > I am partial to Synaptic, which is available on Mint and PCLOS, and I > don't know what else. Oh. > That said, for the user, there is not much to choose between deb and > RPM. I haven't tried to create either of these from scratch, altho I > have looked at the creation of RPMs, and it looks hairy. If you need > to obtain some software that is not in the distro's repo, (they all > tell you not to, but sometimes you must) most manufacturers who > supply apps in deb also supply the same apps in RPM. Some don't > supply either, and you have to unpack, compile, and install yourself, > but that is not difficult. > Now let the fur fly! Well, thanks for this explanation. You mean for end users, it won't really matter much which one to use. Just use one and get started! -- 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/cahbplrnrq0eur2wb0be_fbadoxpr2r4mk0fzmnn_tz2xbbd...@mail.gmail.com
