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[ILUG] Which Distro ?

[ILUG] Which Distro ?

P at draigBrady.com P at draigBrady.com
Wed Oct 6 10:38:59 IST 2004


Robert Kiely wrote:
> I'm trying to decide on which distro to install on my PC.
> Most people seem to have good things to say about Debian
> and it's always highly recommended. I've been looking at
> Gentoo lately though and am trying to decide between the
> two. Any help is greatly appreciated. My machine if your
> wondering is a Gigabbyte GA-7VTXE+ motherboard, Athlon XP
 > 1700, 768MB RAM, Two 80GB HD, DVD-RW and DVD-ROM etc.

Maybe give ubuntu a try (it's based on debian).
You can try a bootable CD version here:
ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/gnoppix.org/gnoppix_0.8.1b5.iso

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