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Operating Systems Linux Slackware Which distribution Post 43320 by Flyguy on Saturday 15th of November 2003 12:03:07 AM

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11-15-2003

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Hi,

I know this is probably a bad question to ask since there are several distributions and each person has their own personal favorite, but here goes...

What distribution of Linux would you recommend for someone who is a beginner to the Linux / Unix scene who is wanting to learn things, experiment, etc. So basically something that's fairly easy to setup, but still is powerful and capable of doing things.

I have dial-up, so I'd either have to buy a CD or have my friend who has a cable-modem download and burn the distro for me. That's basically the reason I'm asking this question, otherwise I'd just download a few and try them all.

Thanks a lot!

By the way, if you could include a link to a site to download the distribution you'd recommend, I'd appreciate it.

Flyguy

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BGOFFICE-DICT-DOWNLOAD(1)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				 BGOFFICE-DICT-DOWNLOAD(1)

NAME

       bgoffice-dict-download - download dictionaries for bgoffice

SYNOPSIS

	   # list known dictionaries
	   bgoffice-dict-download --list

	   # download a dictionary
	   bgoffice-dict-download --dict bg-en_dual

	   # explicit output file
	   bgoffice-dict-download --dict bg-en_dual --output=/some/where.tar.bz2

DESCRIPTION

       bgoffice-dict-download is a small program to help download bgoffice dictionaries off sourceforge.net. It browses the bgoffice project
       download area and follows the download links.

       The dictionary is downloaded in the current directory, unless the "--output" option is used.

OPTIONS

       --list
	   Prints the list of the known dictionaries.

       --dict dictionary name
	   Specifies the dictionary to be downloaded. See "--list" for the known dictionaries. This option is mandatory, unless "--list" is given.

       --output file
	   Saves the downloaded dictionary in the given file, instead of ./<dict>.tar.bz2

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

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