[pchelpers] Re: Linux printer installs

Hi Linz

>>I think the trick to starting to use Linux (on the side, without getting 
>>rid of Windows) is to contact a Linux user group. Then, even new or 
>>geeky things like commands instead of dialog boxes can be easy to 
>>handle. Also, some Linux versions are just as and even more user 
>>friendly than Windows or Macs, with no need to use anything except the 
>>mouse to adjust settings.
> 
> concur

Can you tell us which Linux versions you know that this applies to?

>>But I've heard that although most Linux users are big fans of their 
>>Linux version and sometimes zealots, even these are usually willing to 
>>help one find help for another version of Linux too. So, depending on 
>>what kind of a person you are, i would suggest either first choosing a 
>>Linux version from this excellent comparison:
> 
> I get help from Mandrake, Fedora, Mepis, Gentoo, Debian and other users
> and I use Ubuntu which is the newest distro to date.
> 
> 
>>http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major
>>(more technical details:
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_Distributions
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions

Do you or your Linux friends know even better comparisons and/or reviews?

> I'll help where I can - warning - dont try and put a Linux distribution
> on an NTFS system, which most Windows XP machines are.  It is better to
> put Linux on a Windows PC that uses FAT32 file system.   It is not
> impossible to run Linux on NTFS though.

Yes, i keep forgetting that compatibility with Windows is the main thing 
i have to do research on before choosing which version (distro) of Linux 
to install. I mean, i will obviously first install Windows on an old 
computer that i'm no longer using for work, but the goal is to also have 
both Linux and Windows on my main computer soon. I don't want to waste a 
lot of time learning to use one Linux distro and then ending up having 
to learn to use another after finding out the first one likes to eat 
Windows partitions...

> SUSE is good EG.  A local aqauintance has SUSE on his wifes PC along
> with XP on an NTFS system.   No problems.   The Husband uses Ubuntu.
> Both are good.   SUSE might cost some though, where Ubuntu is free.

Good to know. Yes, i've heard that SUSE is very good and carefully 
maintained. The only catch with SUSE seems to be that the free version 
is not available until a few months after the paid version. That still 
leaves me months and years ahead of the scheduling of Windows security 
updates :-) And this SUSE delay policy perhaps only affects completely 
new versions, not security updates of older versions, that would be 
against the Linux spirit.

Ek



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