Re:No Experience? (Score 0)

I used to use DOS for most of my computing, and that's been the thing most useful to me. I could relate to Slackware very well, being a command-line fan. So I grabbed the installers about five years ago and only boot into Windows for games. It is very easy to administrate, but the text-based interface that Slack defaults to is intimidating to new users who have been raised on Windows' sometimes-idiotic UI. Windows users aren't used to dealing with problems, simple as that. That trait will cost them if/when they boot into a Linux distro for the first time. With something like Ubuntu, if you have the space, dependency hell can be overcome by simply downloading everything. But that's not the most ideal solution, either. I've read so much about Ubuntu lately, so I tried it for kicks once. Nothing compared to the level of control I get with Slack 10.2. If the new user is familiar with Unix or BSD, give them Slack or Gentoo. Anything else? Maybe Ubuntu or one of the flashy distros that I haven't used. I'm not all-knowing, but Slackware gave me the best start I could have gotten. Maybe it's good for new users too?