<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 6:30 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:J.Witvliet@mindef.nl" target="_blank">J.Witvliet@mindef.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
The _basics_ are the same (certainly from an end-user point of view)<br>
Perhaps the best advice I can give you, is: put an extra harddisc in your PC.<br>
(if you are the "hasty type" consider a 250GB SDD)<br>
<br>
And you pick blindly any distro, and just get your hands wet.<br>
Don't be afraid to make mistakes: we all learned from our owns.<br>
Nowadays, you can't really break anything anymore.<br>
And if you manually change config files: make a copy of it, and if you are satisfied with it:<br>
Print it out and/or save it on a usb-stick.<br>
(so if you have to re-install it, you don't have to re-invent your wheel)<br>
<br>
Biggest diff, is the look-and-feel of the desktop managers, and the appropriate applications.<br>
But otoh KDE or Gnome (a certain version) looks the same on any distro.<br></blockquote><div><br>Oh I see.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
So just try it. Work with it a couple of months. And try something else. Read the available docu.<br>
What is best suited for you only depends on you only.<br>
<br>
I started with slackware, tried RedHat, Debian, SuSE, CentOS, netBSD, FreeBSD.<br>
Perhaps I should try Gentoo...<br>
They all have their pro's and con's<br></blockquote><div><br>You and other people here are really having great experiences.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
And for Tyro: Just try and find out what _you_ like best.<br>
There is no replacement for experience.<br></blockquote><div><br>I agree this statement with blind eyes. 'Self-experience' is the biggest satisfaction, it is in fact practical implementation in life!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Joe Wulf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joe_wulf@yahoo.com" target="_blank">joe_wulf@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">
<div><span>Marko---really liked the pleasant and balanced reply---excellent!</span></div><div><span>LinuxTyro---glad to see you replying to all the posts, keeping engaged, and having an open mind.</span><br></div></div></div>
</blockquote><div><br>The only reason why I cannot fully devote myself here is due to the fact of mine being in some other job, so I get really less time to learn Linux, but as said, whenever, I get, I do try to sit in front of PC, however, it could be as low as 5 to 10 minutes (not a joke)! I liked the Fedora Community, really get very nice, technical and logical answers with a skilled aptitude.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Aaron Konstam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:akonstam@sbcglobal.net">akonstam@sbcglobal.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">
</div>The printer on the usb port was found on all Fedora versions I have used<br>
since F13. Earlier I had a different printer. So the problem with your<br>
printer may not be completely a Fedora problem.<br></blockquote><div><br>Oh I see. <br></div></div>--<br>THX<br></div></div></div></div>