I've tried Kabuntu (a KDE-specific version of Ubuntu) on my old laptop which
uses Debian packages and liked it except for one thing - there is no root;
you set yourself up as 'Super User' and do all admin task with 'su -'.  The
only problem with this approach is that there are still a few things that are
more easly done as root and so I found it a bit limiting.  However it's the
perfect Linux distro for Linux newbies.

My sister has an old laptop on which I installed Mephis but she only uses it
when she's feeling adventuresome. ;) (this was before Kabuntu came out).

Personally I use Fedora Core 4 on my desktop and test distros on my old
laptop.   I prefer Fedora because the update cycles are relatively frequent,
yet it's very stable.   And it's an offshoot of an 'home product' -- Red Hat,
which is based in my home state of North Carolina.  :)

Kat

On Monday 20 June 2005 11:07 pm, Rayna wrote:
> Oh, now I know the answer to Kat's question!!!!  I knew I knew this!
> I'm running Debian distro (sigh... wy carrrnt kompuuut'er langwidge b
> proper Engleeesh loike wot I speke?  Hee hee, sorry couldn't resist)
>
> Feeling slightly less silly now!
>
> Thanks again Deri, and thanks Kat (genuine thanks, *not* sarcastic
> thanks!), for prompting me to figure out a little more of what I don't
> know about computers - or about the computer lingo at any rate.
>
> Rayna