Linux Beginners' Guide

[Calvin]

Yup, i may have my hands full maintaining both of my guides on both here and DTR. :twitcy:

[Thomas]

Another misuse of "I"!

j/k, well, good luck, if you need any help, let me know.

[wearetheborg]

You're too heavily biased in favor of ubuntu.

You're too generous with your ratings. Mint has 9/10 hardware support but Ubuntu has 10/10 ? How does that make sense ? Mint is a Ubuntu derivative.
And 10/10 hardware support ? No room for improvement ?
I'm also not certain that SUSE ranks lower than Ubuntu for hardware support.

Mandriva is consicuously absent from the distro list.

Stabilty -- Ubuntu is based on Debian unstable, so if Ubuntu gets 10/10 for stability, what rating would the stable branch of Debian get ?

One major criteria missing is the number of packages available for a distro.

Finally, I'd suggest inserting two important links: linuxlaptops and linuxquestions.org forums. Linuxquestions is esp great as it has several dedicated subforums or different distributions.

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by wearetheborg

You're too heavily biased in favor of ubuntu.

You're too generous with your ratings. Mint has 9/10 hardware support but Ubuntu has 10/10 ? How does that make sense ? Mint is a Ubuntu derivative.
And 10/10 hardware support ? No room for improvement ?
I'm also not certain that SUSE ranks lower than Ubuntu for hardware support.

Mandriva is consicuously absent from the distro list.

Stabilty -- Ubuntu is based on Debian unstable, so if Ubuntu gets 10/10 for stability, what rating would the stable branch of Debian get ?

One major criteria missing is the number of packages available for a distro.

Finally, I'd suggest inserting two important links: linuxlaptops and linuxquestions.org forums. Linuxquestions is esp great as it has several dedicated subforums or different distributions.

I agree, the ratings are a mess.....

[theZoid]

Originally Posted by Thomas

I agree, the ratings are a mess.....

I would definitely add Mandiva Spring...it's also one of the best distro's out there now. PCLinuxOS has fallen behind the curve on hardware support, like Mepis I believe. Unless they've released something lately I don't know about

[Jackle]

I agree, the ratings are a mess.....

I agree, nothing got below a 8. Otherwise, a interesting guide.

[Calvin]

Originally Posted by wearetheborg

You're too heavily biased in favor of ubuntu.

You're too generous with your ratings. Mint has 9/10 hardware support but Ubuntu has 10/10 ? How does that make sense ? Mint is a Ubuntu derivative.
And 10/10 hardware support ? No room for improvement ?
I'm also not certain that SUSE ranks lower than Ubuntu for hardware support.

Mandriva is consicuously absent from the distro list.

Stabilty -- Ubuntu is based on Debian unstable, so if Ubuntu gets 10/10 for stability, what rating would the stable branch of Debian get ?

One major criteria missing is the number of packages available for a distro.

Finally, I'd suggest inserting two important links: linuxlaptops and linuxquestions.org forums. Linuxquestions is esp great as it has several dedicated subforums or different distributions.

That part is supposed to be biased, in case you couldn't read the part about it being based on opinion and not fact. I score them as i see fit, it's not set in stone.

[Thomas]

I say just remove it then, if its going to be like that.

[Calvin]

Originally Posted by Thomas

I say just remove it then, if its going to be like that.

Why don't you make a Linux Switcher's Guide yourself and i'll see how well you can criticize then. I'm all for improvement but this is quite unhelpful if that's what you're trying to do.

[bmwrob]

Calvin, nice job. And regarding the opinions on ratings: Hell, nobody is going to agree anyway. LOL

FWIW, Borg, I love Suse, but I can NOT get the damn sound to work right. If I could, it would probably be my favorite distro and I'd be bugging Calvin to rate it an 11!

And Zoid, I also like Mandriva - it's one of my favorites, too.