Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-29 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 12:17:09AM +0300, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > Diego Iastrubni wrote: > > god those computers are sexy... they look really good, and have a good hebrew > > support (safari is better then konqueror ATM). The problem is that OOo sux > > there, and is really slow (so I hear

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-29 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 12:58:47AM +0300, David Howard wrote: > ik wrote: > > >I think that Knoppix, suse and Mandrake (well I never tried Knoppix > >myself) that I tested was really nice, alto Mandrake is unfinished.. And > >Suse requires a lot of work in order to make it Hebrew enabled. > > P

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-27 Thread Uri Sharf
I would join recommending SUSE 9.1. I've been using it for few weeks now. It has an excellent hardware support, it's polished and quite easy to find your way around (as a user). I was pleasantly surprised to see this friendly "plug and play" messages. http://linmagazine.co.il/node/view/3411 Can

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-27 Thread Ira Abramov
Quoting Kfir Lavi, from the post of Fri, 27 Aug: > I'll tell you why. Did you ever visit weizmann institute? > Half of the computers there are Mac, if not more. you mean WERE. last year I'm told Weizmann "upgraded" entire labs to PCs instead of new macs. it was a major blow to Yeda since they were

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread Kfir Lavi
Ira Abramov wrote: Quoting William Sherwin, from the post of Thu, 26 Aug: Pardon my ignorance, but why doesn't this person just buy a Macintosh? They might be slightly more expensive, but they have a very easy-to-use OS - and it's certainly not Windows... because sadly in Israel we have a monopoly

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread David Howard
ik wrote: I think that Knoppix, suse and Mandrake (well I never tried Knoppix myself) that I tested was really nice, alto Mandrake is unfinished.. And Suse requires a lot of work in order to make it Hebrew enabled. Presuming that a Hebrew interface is esential/important, perhaps a Hebraized Knop

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Diego Iastrubni wrote: > god those computers are sexy... they look really good, and have a good hebrew > support (safari is better then konqueror ATM). The problem is that OOo sux > there, and is really slow (so I heard). The look and feel of OOo does not > match the system ones, That is a bum

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Ira Abramov wrote: Sorry, guys, those days are gone. Yeda has good prices (better if you bargain and they will), good support, and they often have things in stock. The last time I needed an obscure part (wifi card for a 5 year old laptop), they delivered it to my door in less than 3 weeks afte

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread ik
Shachar Shemesh wrote: Instead of starting a distro war here, I have the following suggestion: ik wrote: I'm looking for a Linux distro that will be the best suitable for this type of person, that will not require *me* to run over on any problem 24-7, and will have the best feeling of an OS like

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread Diego Iastrubni
×, ×' × "×, 22:14, : > ik wrote: > > I have a small problem, a friend of mine wish to buy a new computer, but > > does not want to buy MS-Windows. Up to this everything is OK. > > > > That person does not know much about computers and not interesting in > > knowing. The only us

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread Ira Abramov
Quoting William Sherwin, from the post of Thu, 26 Aug: > Pardon my ignorance, but why doesn't this person just buy a Macintosh? > They might be slightly more expensive, but they have a very > easy-to-use OS - and it's certainly not Windows... because sadly in Israel we have a monopoly on the matte

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Instead of starting a distro war here, I have the following suggestion: ik wrote: I'm looking for a Linux distro that will be the best suitable for this type of person, that will not require *me* to run over on any problem 24-7, and will have the best feeling of an OS like MS-Windows. If YOU are

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread Oded Arbel
On Thursday 26 August 2004 18:07, ik wrote: > Hi list, > > I have a small problem, a friend of mine wish to buy a new computer, > but does not want to buy MS-Windows. Up to this everything is OK. > > That person does not know much about computers and not interesting in > knowing. The only use is fo

Re: the quest for the right Distro for the right person

2004-08-26 Thread Kfir Lavi
ik wrote: Hi list, I have a small problem, a friend of mine wish to buy a new computer, but does not want to buy MS-Windows. Up to this everything is OK. Good for him. That person does not know much about computers and not interesting in knowing. The only use is for word-processors and spread-she