Linked by Xeta Prime on Thu 29th Jan 2004 07:13 UTC
Before I add 'my' two cents worth upon the current heap of Xandros reviews, let me introduce myself... rather my Linux self. I am a noobie. Perhaps not such a newbie as a newbie could be since I have been playing with and learning Linux since 'Corel Linux' (1999-2000?). Before Corel I'd purchased a copy of a 1998 Turbo Linux in a discount store and was beyond elated to find something to mess with.
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"Well, that's the problem with Linux: for noobies, just getting a distro to install can be an accomplishment."
You bet !
A long time ago I used to suffer when installing a distro when I had to configure X or an winmodem. But I was able to install even gentoo 1.2 eventually. Linmodems.org was my friend
Now I struggle to install almost any distro. I can't even pass the first steps of the installation procedures because my USB keyboard isn't configured and I can type nothing with it. Knoppix 3.2 configured it properly. Knoppix 3.3 has problems with it too. Gnoppix 0.6 beta configured it properly. And man, I am talking about Live CDs ! I don't even risk to install them to the harddrive for fear that they won't work after that.
I wish all the linux developers used USB mouse and keyboard. :|
Mandrake, RedHat, PCLinuxOS, MEPIS, ArkLinux, SlackWare, Gentoo, etc. I have tried many ISOs and almost nothing works.
I hope some will hear this and buy some USB keyboards