<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version rmj.rmm.rup.rpr"> <TITLE>Introduction and some basic questions.</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Hello Folks,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">My name is Ibrahim Abed Rabbo and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">I am new to Linux. My experience with this platform is very limited and short-lived.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I tried</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Vinux six years ago for a short time, but I quit because of my frustration with the many crashes vinux encountered on my old machine</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">at</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">that time.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Now I am giving myself a second chance to explore</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Linux, and I have a feeling that accessibility has improved quite a bit since I tried it for few weeks in 2011.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">just bought a new laptop and wish to convert my retiring laptop to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Linux.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">It is a 32 Bit Dual core with 2.0 MHZ processor, 3 GB of Ram, and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">130 GB of hard disk. I am not sure which distribution of Linux is suitable for my</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">limited</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">configuration. In that respect I need your feedback.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I also like some tips on the major differences between the various</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Linux distributions in as far as Accessibility is concerned.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I have to admit that I am not good in remembering line commands and their parameters, so I prefer a distribution that has menus and has reasonable GUI accessibility.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I look forward to learning and benefiting from your</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">comments and recommendations.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Regards,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Ibrahim</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> </BODY> </HTML>