Kathryn Andersen Spoke Thusly: > On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 02:26:11PM -0600, Dr. Louis A. Turk wrote: > > I am considering purchasing SUSE Linux 8.0 > > Professional when it come out this month. It is > > supposed to come with Lyx, and is supposed to be easy > > to install. Since I know very little about Linux, I am > > hoping that Lyx will work right off without a lot of > > configuring which I might not know how to do. Does > > anyone out there have experience with Lyx on SUSE > > Linux? Am I on the right track? Would some other > > version of Linux be better for running Lyx? > > I can't speak about SUSE, having never used it. Right > now I am using Debian(testing) which has the advantage > that it is very up-to-date and updates are easy to get > (just a matter of using the apt-get system). This means > that right now I'm running the latest version of lyx > (1.1.6fix4) with Ghostscript version 6.53 (the version > which has that darn display bug fixed). And Debian is > very stable (even testing is more stable than many other > distros) -- that's why I moved to it from RedHat. And > I'm not looking back! > > Unfortunately, I wouldn't at this stage reccommend Debian > for new users, because the installation isn't as easy as > some of the other distributions, and the number of > packages available (huge number) can be rather > bewildering for someone who has never used Linux before.
Actually, if you can get a Debian veteran to help you install and get your initial config done, I highly recommend Debian (I use unstable/sid). Once it's running and configured, I find Debian by far the easiest to maintain. Just my $0.02; don't want to get a distro-war going. :-) -- James Lindenschmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
