[ILUG] Reccomend a distro for the offline user.

[Brian Foster]

  | From: JR <turnloosetheswans at eircom.net>
  | Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:51:46 +0100
  | 
  | A friend of mine wants to try linux, and is looking to me.
  | I would ususally reccomend Mandrake  [ ... ]
  | 
  | But he has no internet connection, so it must be stable (ish)
  | from the start.  He wants to edit videos from his digital
  | camcorder and do regular desktop stuff.  [ ... ]

 I usually avoid these distro wars, but in this case,
 may have a useful reference point....

 I've used both SuSE 7.3 (Professional) and SUSE 9.1
 (also Professional) without any known need to ever
 update, albeit I have selectively updated both
 (_very_ selectively, as I use a 56Kbaud dialup).
 mostly, I am off-line.

 however, I do not have the faintest idea what video
 editing capabilites SuSE/SUSE has.

 ( actually, a dialup connection to a "free" ISP is
  not a Big Deal to set up, so you might want to try
  and talk yer friend around to something like that
  as a backup?  the cost is nominally just that of
  a suitable (external) modem and the 'phone calls,
  and you don't _need_ to set up a firewall, proxies,
  or so on, albeit you may feel more comfortable if
  you do.... )

cheers!
	-blf-
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