From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Sun Oct 26 11:00:16 2003 Subject: Re: What linux distro is recommended From: Obed Sands To: al at danial dot org, help-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 11:59:04 -0500 "A. Danial" wrote: > > On Saturday 25 October 2003 12:21 pm, Niels L. Ellegaard wrote: > > Quentin Spencer writes: > > > Obed Sands wrote: > > > I believe there > > > are several users on this list who would recommend Debian. The > > > advantage of Debian is you can use apt-get to install the latest > > > version without compiling anything yourself. > > > > I don't think it is right to advice a Linux novice to start out using > > Debian. I did this myself, and I learned a lot, but it also took a lot > > of because Debian does not work out of the box for novice users. > > I disagree. By far the easiest Linux install I've ever witnessed > is Debian-based. This distribution I'm referring to is Knoppix, > http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-old-en.html > > [stuff deleted] > Debian, via Knoppix as the installation vehicle, is the way to go > for novices (and everyone else too really). -- Al > Thank you for the info. I was beginning to get concerned that my question had caused quite a broughaha that may have errupted into a new set of crusades. It was not my intention to 'stir the pot.' so. I don't consider myself to be a linux novice. I've been using linux regularly since SuSE 4.3 (or maybe 5.3, around '97 or '98.) I'm more of a casual user, a linux sloth, if you like. A couple of years ago I bought a set of Debian disks but found the instructions way to much to deal with. My Debian disks are at my first wife's house, together with my self-flaggelation scourge and my hair shirt. I intend to go with Knoppix, as you recommend. If this doesn't work out (I bought a relatively zippy new laptop, it's got an GeForce 5600 graphics processor with 64 MBytes memory) then I'll go pack to SuSE. THanks again. Scott Sands PS I will likely send my $199 Unix Licensure Fee to either the RedHat Legal Defense fund or the FSF. ------------------------------------------------------------- Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL. Octave's home on the web: http://www.octave.org How to fund new projects: http://www.octave.org/funding.html Subscription information: http://www.octave.org/archive.html -------------------------------------------------------------