Re: Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

["Olivier Guéry" <nemolivier@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Alan Stone
<software.list.1es9s@gmail.com> wrote:
> ( Oops, pushed inadvertedly some key on my keyboard and the
> message was away while in GMail - here's the sequel... )
>
> Having heard Linux is, amongst other things, far more stable
> I might be tempted to play with it and progressively build some
> experience with it, master the beast and then switch some
> applications, amongst which ConTeXt, to it.
>
> As I presently don't know a thing about Linux, which distribution
> do you recommend ?

More than the distribution (all the major ones are less or more the
same), you must choose your desktop environment : Gnome / KDE (or xfce
for a small and speedy one).

No troll, be it's usual to say :
The gnome one is more « run it, it's simple, it works » but it's more
difficult to do really fine tune (even if you can do them).
KDE : run it, it works (too) but you can fine tweaks on each part (the
menues are impressive).

Remember that the liveCDs are your friends : just try them !

I'm using Ubuntu and gnome but all the other choices are good.

Welcome in a « linux » world !
Olivier.

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