Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: What distro's to try.

Fedora is either GNOME or KDE. Most associate Fedora with being a GNOME
distro.

Mint is a good distro, but I did not include Mint because he already has
Ubuntu and Mint is just Ubuntu plus a few extras whereas SimplyMEPIS is
Debian which is quite different. If he wants a different experience then he
should avoid Mint. However, if he had started with something other than
Ubuntu then Mint would be an obvious choice.

I did not mention openSuSE. It also is worth trying although it is not
newbie friendly IMO.

Roy

On 7 May 2010 13:21, Darksyde <m_alexander61@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com <LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "sgttutt2001" <sgttutt2001@...> wrote:
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> > I have installed Ubuntu 10.04 which I like, but would it be worth to try
> another distro? I have a external HD that I would install it on. I know that
> everyone has their favorite one. Any recommendations would be welcomed.
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> > i am still a newbie to Linux.
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> > KT
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> I'll second the recommendation of Mint, my first officially adopted distro,
> and second Debian as well. Fedora's nice, though I personally don't care for
> KDE. MEPIS is simple and straightforward (KDE again), but you may want to
> skip over (for now anyway) Damn Small Linux which is really only valuable
> (IMHO) if you have an older machine. Best bet: check out DistroWatch and
> burn a live disk of every one that sounds interesting.
> Mark
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