Good Beginner Distros (Was: Why most run Microsoft, not RedHat)

[Les Mikesell]

Kelly wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 17, 2007 3:45 pm Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>> My personal feelings are that FC would be a poor choice for your
>> average home user, especially one that is migrating from an older
>> version of Windows. (98) 
> 
> Okay, seriously then, what distro would be a good choice for the average home 
> user?  I'm trying to answer that question myself, while searching for good 
> distros for my younger brothers to run; they both have some computer 
> experience, but only with Windows, and I have a personal thing against 
> Debian-based distros after the time that three different Debian/Ubuntu 
> installs failed in the same way within a week.  Any suggestions?

Ubuntu is really making an effort, so I wouldn't hold earlier failure 
against them.  The 7.04 desktop release sounds promising if you aren't 
tied to RedHat-style administration: 
http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntudesktop704

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   Les Mikesell
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