On Saturday 06 April 2002 00:18, James Lindenschmidt wrote: > 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. >
I've been using suse for years on my laptop, and lyx works without a problem for me. I got redhat on the workstation in my office, and for a newbie I would strongly recommend suse with the kde desktop over redhat. Mostly because the suse config tool yast2 is integrated very nicely into the kde control panel, most system configuration is done through this gui, no hassle with typing obscure commands on the command line. One more thing, regardless of the dist you choose, be sure it supports cups (Common Unix Printing System), it is far easier to use/configure than the old printing systems, again, it is integrated into kde on suse. Regards, Roy.
