On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 16:58:48 -0500 Adam Aube <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sunday 08 February 2004 03:19 pm, Sneferu wrote: > > I'd say that the solutions to all this problems is mepis.org ;-) > > Agreed - MEPIS is the Linux distro I would recommend to a newbie. > > In a "Spawn of Debian" faceoff, it beat Lindows, Xandros, and > Libranet. > > http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=04/01/28/2334247 > Hello Adam, Yes, I read that article. I'm afraid that I don't place much credence in the reviewers' assessment ability. From what little I remember he didn't spend much time familiarising himself with Libranet 2.8.1 before propounding with great wisdom. He dwelt on items like the unsophisticated GUI presentation of cfdisk, the partitioning programme, as though a utility programme like that requires the sort of interface that would compete with the eye-clash bubblegum of XP. He finished by stating that Libranet was totally unsuitable for a newbie. I was a newbie when I started with Libranet 2. I still am, with a modified 2.8.1 (stable and sarge) that runs some sid and a sprinkle of experimental, and cfdisk taught me about primary and logical partitioning. I have friends that have extolled the virtues of Mepis, and not having tried it, I am in no position to judge, but as a distro that introduces the newbie to aspects like partitioning, installation (incorporating familiarisation with your hardware), and finishing up with a stable, secure and very comprehensive system, I think that Libranet would be very hard to beat. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
