[wellylug] copy of mandrake / suse

[Nick Jensen]

Hi Tristan, I think Mandrake is probably a good choice, I haven't used it 
much personally,  but I know there are a hell of a lot of people do, so 
there's lots of help out there if you need it. It also has a nice friendly 
graphical installer, which is probably your best bet for a first install. 
You can buy it from Dick Smith's for $10.
As Darryl said, trying out with Knoppix or Morphix first could be a good 
idea, because you can run it off the disk without needing to install - a 
good way of seing if your laptop likes Linux. You can also get both Knoppix 
and Morphix from Dick Smith's, and I think they cost $10 for the 2 of them.

   Nick


>From: "Tristan Thomas" <tristanthomas at xtra.co.nz>
>Reply-To: wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz
>To: <wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz>
>Subject: Re: [wellylug] copy of mandrake / suse
>Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:52:57 +1200
>
>Peter
>
>I've used unix and a little linux at uni, so not totally new to it.
>
>I chose mandrake / suse because I've been led to beleive that linux and 
>laptops (especially with touchpads, dvd burners and wifi) don't go together 
>very well, and I figured one of the 'bigger' distros would be an easier 
>install.
>
>Tristan
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Peter Jones
>   To: 'wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz'
>   Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 3:40 PM
>   Subject: RE: [wellylug] copy of mandrake / suse
>
>
>   Really new to Linux? Try looking at Xandros Open distribution.  
>http://www.xandros.com/
>   Very easy to use and install.
>   I believe it's based on Debian so once you got comfortable you could 
>move to the full version of Debian
>   (which apparently is the One True Operating System) :-)
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Tristan Thomas [mailto:tristanthomas at xtra.co.nz]
>   Sent: Thursday, 16 September 2004 3:24 p.m.
>   To: wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz
>   Subject: [wellylug] copy of mandrake / suse
>
>
>     Hello
>
>     I'm new to linux and I'm looking for a copy of either mandrake 10 or 
>suse 9 to install on a toshiba m30 laptop.
>
>     Is there anyone who would be able to burn me a copy of either of 
>these?  Or suggest a better distro?
>
>     Thanks
>
>     -Lab Worker-
>     Lower Hutt

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