Re: Debian & Progeny Debian?
The only significant difference I noticed with Progeny was the installer,
though this may have been due to the fact that I simply upgraded my Progeny
install to Woody almost right after, and then happily upgraded that to Sid...
Speaking of the installer, it's not very good (IMO), especially the disk
partitioning tool in the GUI, you are probably better off just walking her
through a standard Debian install so she can get a grip on what's going.
On September 9, 2001 01:56, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote:
> I'm scouting for a Linux distro for a complete newbie who I think will be
> interested in Linux. RedHat or Mandrake might be easy to install, but the
> mere fact that they ship with a broken compiler that breaks almost anything
> is not too comforting (I started with RedHat, and I can't forget the first
> time I tried to compile a program - it failed and I almost didn't get my
> machine problem done had I not checked RedHat's fixes). I would prefer my
> newbie friend and classmate in computer science to try out Debian, but it
> might intimidate her initially (she's currently a Windows user). Would
> anyone recommend Progeny Debian instead? I looked at their web site and it
> looked good - the matter in question would be - would it be as good for a
> beginner? Can anyone give a qualitative analysis on Progeny?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Paolo Falcone
>
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