2004-11-29, 05:50 PM
I highly recommend if you are really a linux noob that you stay away from Slackware for a while. It needs a lot of work in making files, compiling programs, and the like. I would recommend fedora instead, or mandrake. If you want to learn more about linux, and have a very stable distro, try out debian, but you will need to learn a little bit on the way. If you do decide to install debian, you will need to type tasksel or taskselect in the first command prompt and click on workstation and debian will install most of what you need. I recommend a net install if you know how to use ifconfig I would recommend staying away from suse. Try fedora, if you don't like it, mandrake, and if you want something a little more challenging, debian, which is a great distro.