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Simon Waters wrote: > Keith Abraham wrote: > >> As your subject is Kubuntu I will assume you are interested in >> distros which have the KDE desktop. I can only comment on the >> distros I have sampled in the last 6 months. >> > > I think there are just so many distros these days, and for the beginner > a lot of the based on Debian but with a bit of work done on the hardware > set-up, or some extra bits sorted, are likely to work well. > > There is Xandros and Mepis, and I dare say if you ask on the list you > may well get boxed sets of some of these, because, well some of them > pick them up at GLUG meetings, or conferences, and are generally content > with what we know. > > If you are "unofficial support" for the first few days, I would say go > with what you know. There is a copy of the latest Mandriva floating > around. Or at least something where you have the ear of a friend who > knows it even better that you know Mandrake. > > I think boxed sets with manuals are good for beginners, as there is a > bit of paper telling people which websites, or phone numbers, they can > get help on, and some reading material that may encourage them to use > some of the other software they might otherwise not even know about. > > Simon > > there is also a mandriva live disc, ie will run from disc and can be installed if liked. I think it's called Manadriva One. Google something along the lines of "mandriva live disc" should find it. Simon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html