Re: Good distro for windows users

I would look at Mepis (http://mepis.org/). I haven't used it in a
while, but when I used it last, I was really impressed on how easy it
was to install and use. Its debian based, so apt-get is there. It also
uses synaptic for package management, so users don't have to get into
the command line if the really don't want to. It seemed to be a good
distro for beginners.

Another debian-based distro to look at woud be Ubuntu
(http://www.ubuntulinux.org/). They just made a recent release. The
nice thing is they will ship you CDs for free. And they have broader
platform support than Mepis, incuding the all important amd64.

Both these distro, put a heavy emphasis on easy of use, and making
applications easy to find.

Of course, all that being said, I still keep going back to Gentoo. I
just can't give up my portage.

Anthony Valentine wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> I am building a computer for a couple of friends and they want to try
> Linux. I have been using Gentoo exclusivly for years now so I do not
> have any experiance with any other recent distros.
>
> Can anyone suggest a good distro for a Windows user to switch to? It
> isn't necassary for it to be free, as they are willing to pay for it.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
>
> Anthony Valentine
>
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