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July 30, 2009 at 09:06 AM
notsochiguy

A HS student’s first foray into Linux

by notsochiguy . Updated 16 years, 11 months ago

Hello,

This discussion is an offshoot from this post:
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-12853-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=314045&messageID=3127111

The next couple of posts will be the intern’s first thoughts about Ubuntu, Mandriva, OpenSuse, Knoppix and SimplyMepis.

The PC used was a ThinkPad T43 with 1GB of RAM. My only real firm requirements for the exercise was that he use the same PC, and spend about the same amount of time (approx. 1-2 hours) using each distro. Other than that, I told him to ‘try to do what you typically do’. EDIT: I should also note that the latest “full/complete” versions are what he decided to test.

Due to funding to the intern program (it is run through the city) getting slashed, I didn’t have as much time for this as I would have liked.

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