I have already migrated our servers from windoze to slackware (and a debian one too) and they have been performing great for a few years now. The boss loves me as I've managed to save quite a lot of money by staying away from M$. Now I want to start rolling out GNU/Linux to the users desktops too. So far I have only tried a couple (Mandrake and [k]ubuntu) for light-weight users who just require email and internet access. What are others experiences with different users and distros? I haven't tried redhat since v5.2....what's fedora like for the end-user and to administer? The only bespoke software we run is for our telephone system....but that runs under wine pretty well. Everything else (AFAIK) can be done with open office, kivio, evolution etc. Distros I have thought suitable so far: (K)Ubuntu Mandiva (mandrake) Fedora (redhat) SuSE Mepis (never tried it myself) Vector (again, never installed it) Distros I like but am reluctant to give to users (really just due to hassle): Slackware Gentoo Debian Anyone else care to share any experiences administering a GNU/Linux user network?

Hi there, you should try Open SuSE as a desktop Debian - server Slackware -hmm! Gentoo- ? Mandriva - desktop Fedora - desktop + server Prodor

i been playing with Linux for a couple years now with different distros. I use old (5-10 yrs.) obsolete computers for testing, so i prefer the XFCE window manager for the speed. All 3 below are fast on my equipment loading web pages. My favorites: Mepis Libranet Vector

Kubuntu has really been the winner for me, when it comes to giving it to people. What size of a deployment are you talking about? It would probably be better for a large system in the long run to use pure Debian... roll it once, image it out to the whole bunch, done. And Debian is a lot nicer when it comes to stuff like rolling your own kernel, setting up an NIS environment, and so on. For small systems, however, it might just be easier to install on each computer individually. Then it's really just a matter of what you feel like. Kubuntu/Ubuntu seems to be a winner... Mepis is nice, but I haven't seen anything it does that Kubuntu doesn't do better. If you like the BSD side of things, PC-BSD is a dream.

HI; there. I have installed mepis 3.3.1 on old hardware,ie cel400 with a 440bx chipset with great results, easy install, easy update, great replacement for win98, what more could you ask for. Richard rkenny