very satisfied user

[Richard F Freund]

Michael,

Yes, that's right.  I use Gentoo for myself, but for the non-power
users, I have recommended several other distros.  Mostly
SuSE now. 

It seemed to me from what I read that Ubuntu would be the ideal
choice for all these folks.  I particularly wanted one distro that
would work on x86, AMD64, and Mac, so that I could have only one
alternate system on my own machine, from which I could answer their
various questions.  If only I could get the AMD64 version to work.  :-(

Thx,

Richard

Michael Moore wrote:

>> Currently I support a number of friends and family non-experts
>> with various Linux installations.  I was hoping that Ubuntu 
>> could be the system I recommend (including my Mac friends).
>> However several have or are just getting AMD64 machines and this
>> may be a show stopper.
>>    
>>
>
>Definately recomend Ubuntu for Macs! I've got a list here
>http://stuporglue.com/content/view/14/32/ of all the OSs that run to
>some degree on Macs. I've tried Debian, Gentoo, Yellow Dog, FC3
>(haven't tried 4 yet), Mandriva and Suse, and Ubuntu is definately the
>best for desktop use.
>
>Gentoo might possibly be better if you want to do everything yourself,
>but I'm guesssing if you're supporting people, it's not what they're
>looking for. :-)
>
>  
>

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