Re: Experience the New Windows

[Suresh Ramasubramanian <mallet@xxxxxxx>]

Krishnan Venkatachalam rearranged electrons thusly:

> It may be a good idea to take just one distro (standard release), start
> from an "install everything" mode and then run some customisation scripts 
> which can include some culling.
 
That's not a bad idea either ... Caldera / SuSE are based on redhat, Corel
Linux on debian ...

> This would insulate the new user from knowing about various apps etc and
> has the potential to get s/he productive faster.
 
Yeah, but if the user stays in such a comfortable cocoon, it's a hassle.  He
can't escape without _really_ learning about linux, sooner or later.

	-s

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