[KLUG Members] Distro Recommendations

[Jason Edward Durrett]

Hi Peter,

I would recommend the Debian OS.  My recommendation is not based on 
practical application but rather the Debian social contract:

http://www.us.debian.org/social_contract

#1 of the Debian Social Contract is important - especially since the 
recent "ip bridge" between Novel and Microsoft.

Choosing an OS to use is difficult.  Although I recommend Debian, you 
need to evaluate the use of the system and the amount of freedom you 
are willing to give up.  I use Debian and FreeBSD for my business, both 
on servers and on desktops,  but am writing this message on a Mac - 
which is my personal laptop.

Any distro recommendation email will get its fair share of OS partisan 
responses . . . read them and think about the various points of view 
before making a choice.

good luck,

jason

On Nov 18, 2006, at 7:55 PM, Peter Bart wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
> 	I'm looking for recommendations on a Linux distribution to be 
> installed
> on an IBM T30 laptop w/integrated wifi, cd/dvd combo drive, 1 meg ram,
> 40 gig hd.
> 	I've been using SUSE 10.0 for almost a year now on the twin to this
> machine and recently started to play with the Nokia flavor of Debian on
> their internet tablet. So my experience is very limited. Obviously my
> first choice would be SUSE because of my familiarity with it but I'd
> like to keep and open mind.
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter
>
>
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