On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:14:38 +0200, Manrtin Jungowski wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 15:07, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 22:29, sturla wrote: > > > David Palmer. wrote: > > > > > > If I should advice somebody new to Linux, I would say > > > RedHat, that's where I started. RedHat 9 has a great > > > installer and contains anything a normal user will ever > > > need, including OpenOffice.Org. > > > > Gak! And send him into Dependency Hell?
What dependency hell are you talking about? Dependency hell only happens when you want to install third-party applications. For most people that would probably be only MPlayer or Xine (because of the DVD and mp3 embargo), and the developers of these programs have well-packaged RPMs (This is just from what I've read on their lists). > Exactly. RedHat/SuSE/Mandrake may be great and easy to install > - but that's about it. I don't know about SuSE, But RedHat and Mandrake are a great way to introduce Joe Average to the Linux revolution. For everybody else, however, Debian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
