Re: Debian Desktop for a Joe Average

["Michael Schulz" <mschulz@lnxlab.org>]

Hi,

> If I should advice somebody new to Linux, I would say RedHat, that's
> where I started.
> RedHat 9 has a great installer and contains anything a normal user will
> ever need, including OpenOffice.Org.

I also would put Ximians XD2 on top of that. I use it on some machines and
am very happy with it. It has all the apps that Joe Average would need and
they are well integrated from the beginning. Also keeping the system
updated is pretty easy.

bye
mike

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