--- mehul mehul.forums@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/28/07, Raza Sayed raza_sayed@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi,
Myself Raza.Z.Sayed , from Mumbai. I have recently
joined iglug-bom .
Welcome to the LUG :)
- Support for wireless connectivity, as i need to
be able to use WiFi.
Support for Bluetooth .
Support for ADSL connections , i use MTNL
Triband on my machine
- Good choice of software and wide support for
the same available.
One of my friends would be giving me a copy of
Debian Etch . Would that be good enough ?.
Yes, debian is a very good distro. But, etch has some quite old packages, these feel too outdated for desktop usage. You can go for sid, which is quite a lot more cutting edge and more suited to many desktop users.
Other alternatives I can suggest are Ubuntu and Sabayon, both of which I can give to you, if you'd like to try them out.
Guys, thanks for your valuable insights :). Since im not a seasoned linux user yet my first priority would be to get comfortable with linux from a general users perspective.Doing things like word processing, audio,video, use the Internet etc. Basically do all those things that ive been doing so far on a proprietary os. Also, as I stated earlier , i need support for my ADSL Internet connection (MTNL Triband) ,wireless (WiFi Internet Access)and support for Bluetooth. Since i also do a lot of programming work ,im interested in Linux from a developers point of view , learning the system internals, and doing some interesting software development work on the Linux platform. And Mehul, yes I would like to try out Ubuntu (KUbuntu to be precise) and Sabayon . So plz let me know the details as to how i can get in touch with you for the same.
Thanks :)
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