Good Beginner Distros (Was: Why most run Microsoft, not RedHat)

[Kelly]

On Tuesday, April 17, 2007 9:28 pm Claude Jones wrote:
> On Tue April 17 2007, Kelly wrote:
> > Okay, seriously then, what distro would be a good choice for the average
> > home user?  I'm trying to answer that question myself, while searching
> > for good distros for my younger brothers to run; they both have some
> > computer experience, but only with Windows, and I have a personal thing
> > against Debian-based distros after the time that three different
> > Debian/Ubuntu installs failed in the same way within a week.  Any
> > suggestions?
>
> PCLinuxOS

Mandriva-based distros seem to have an issue with mounting NFS shares 
over /home.  Wish I knew why.

> I think you should give Ubuntu a second chance. It is great for this kind of 
> situations. 
> You should give Kubuntu a chance too!

Was only two versions ago.  Same results from both Kubuntu and Xubuntu, and 
it's a flaw built into Debian itself; defoma seems to have major issues 
remembering where the fonts are installed...

Plus, IIRC, the *buntu series doesn't have a system for configuring LDAP 
clients, and I'm not 100% sure how to work PAM + LDAP manually...

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