[svlug] Newbie Linux question

[Joe Buck]

On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 11:39:03AM -0800, Paul Reiber wrote:
> You didn't say if you'd settled on a particular version of Linux to start
> from, so I'll put in a hearty recommendation for using Ubuntu linux.
> I've seen it work flawlessly "from install forward" considerably more
> often than any other distro.

Ubuntu is a good choice for beginners.  My only caveat is that it lags
on wireless support.  For wireless, you'll do better with Fedora Core 6,
especially if you have to deal with WPA or a wireless chip type that
was only recently added to the kernel (e.g. Broadcom).

I'm sure that future Ubuntu releases will catch up, some of this is just
a matter of timing (Fedora tries to be leading edge, so new functionality
tends to work first in Fedora, but it also tends to be less polished).