Re: Best Linux distribution for home use (was: Family tech support)

[chris () blask org]

--- On Sun, 11/29/09, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:

> I have used a lot of Red Hat (now Fedora) distros over the
> last 10 years, and I can't remember ever having to dick 
> about with display drivers. This isn't like Windows. Things 
> just work. 

This is where I think a lot of "user experience may vary" language comes into play.  I've been loading linux/xnix 
(albeit intermittently as more time goes by) for more than twenty years and since the inception of Graphic Interfaces 
it's been a seemingly uninterrupted battle with display drivers (or proprietary builds - i.e. SunOS/DGUX/AIX etc, which 
just work).  Windows OS' have, on the other hand, almost always loaded "cleanly", or at least the problems weren't with 
trying to get a whitebread graphic card working.

Granted I have not been a real engineer for many years and I only periodically mess about with loading operating 
systems on hosts, but each time I have felt like throwing up my hands in frustration with MS and switching to linux 
I've ended up spending way too much time trying to get the graphic interface working.  As far as setting a machine up 
as a server or network appliance xNix has always kicked butt, but for desktop use for anything close to the average 
schmuck I've been disappointed with linux to date.  Maybe I've just been the fringe case, but I've never felt at all 
comfortable recommending it to anyone who isn't inherently a techie.

I've got ISOs burned of the latest Fedora and Ubuntu.  I'll let you know how that goes.

-thanks for the advice.

-chris


      
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