--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
>
> I think Loyal you need to reread the post.
I did Roy and my feelings are the same. It is a bad idea to
recommend a difficult version to a Newbie. I always subscribe to
"walk before you run."
> He says that Mint is friendly and
He suggests in his last statement that this is a drawback. Read
it again.
> suggests that the user might want to try an "unfriendly" distro to learn
> basics on. He was not knocking Mint, except the green bit and green can mean
> several things. Mint has tried to make a name for itself as user friendly
> and I think that you would concur that it has succeeded.
>
> You can learn basics on Mint or Ubuntu or any other big name distro, but you
> need to go to great lengths to do so. Something like Arch installs to a
> command prompt and you take it from there. The suggestion was that the
> person could learn the basic better and become a power user if the tried a
> more basic distro such as Arch, Slack or Gentoo. That does not preclude
> using Mint for daily use. I don't think that anyone was suggesting Mint is
> not good for using, just not a learner's distro in the same way that the
> others are. Comments such as "deranged" mean that the writer was poking fun
> not at Mint but at anyone who would want to use the commandline only.
>
> Roy
> <snip>
Sorry, Roy, I just think you are wrong. I think you read what
you wanted into his reply. I am sure I am doing the same. That
said, I would NEVER recommend Arch to a new user. Would I recommend
Arch later? Absolutely. Again, walk before you run or better
stated: ready, aim, fire, not ready, fire, aim. There is enough to
get used to in Linux using Ubuntu or Mint first. Suggesting the user
would be better suited to go to Arch or Slackware first is an
excellent way to get the new user to convert back to Windows and
say, "Linux is just too hard to learn."
Loyal
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