From andreas@unstable.nl Thu Feb 17 14:59:37 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:00:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from 84-107-156-46.dsl.quicknet.nl ([84.107.156.46] helo=unstable.nl) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1D1ucT-00012C-5M for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:59:37 -0800 Received: from [192.168.1.153] (unknown [192.168.1.153]) (using SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by unstable.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98D1D23CFE for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 23:59:04 +0100 (CET) Subject: [lojban-beginners] Offtopic: Linux distros [was Re: daski fanva] From: Andreas van Cranenburgh To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org In-Reply-To: <20050217224124.GF24831@chain.digitalkingdom.org> References: <42150DC7.7060207@happyvalley.eclipse.co.uk> <200502172216.j1HMGQTd024800@mole.e-mol.com> <20050217224124.GF24831@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-4Qnu7am5hVoZ5xx0Lx/x" Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 23:59:03 +0100 Message-Id: <1108681143.4758.88.camel@unstable.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-archive-position: 1153 X-Approved-By: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-original-sender: andreas@unstable.nl Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners --=-4Qnu7am5hVoZ5xx0Lx/x Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 14:41 -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > I'm currently trying to build a Linux computer and get one of the > > various boot CDs to install on it, to no avail... >=20 > Linux is still pretty hard for a non-techie to deal with, IMO. Fortunately there are some distributions specifically focussing on non-technical users. One such distribution is Ubuntu Linux (www.ubuntulinux.org). I use it daily (though I'm quite a techie), and the rest of my family too. The advantage over some other "easy distros" is that it's non-commercial. --=20 Andreas [ http://unstable.nl | xmpp:andreas@unstable.nl ] [ callto:ils.seconix.com/andreas@unstable.nl ] --=-4Qnu7am5hVoZ5xx0Lx/x Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCFSG3AcXr2MrY86MRAoNEAKCYBSaPNdWWrs6Hyd6dYhcFSOZxpwCeIvlM 8DCkVKvlLkkATfnQhM8iQAs= =lKCP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-4Qnu7am5hVoZ5xx0Lx/x--