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MadOne
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I am just returning to the Linux world. A friend had suggested I get back into using and "playing" with Linux again. I started with Slackware back in the old 9 or 11 (forget which) 3 1/2" installation disks. The days when it took a day to setup a system that you scrounged a bunch of parts together to build. I had also used debian and a few others.
With so many distros out there nowadays, I'm looking for a couple suggestions to help narrow my search. The system will be used as a standalone system with internet access. Other then standard internet browsing, office software (star office), email, etc... it won't be doing a lot. It is going to be a play system to see how much I remember and whether I want to invest the time again. I know all the above is easily done by probably 100% of the distros but I like to run things lean since I use to do some Linux security back in the day. (one reason I hated RedHat back then since it was like windows, wanting to install lots of extra crap)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
With so many distros out there nowadays, I'm looking for a couple suggestions to help narrow my search. The system will be used as a standalone system with internet access. Other then standard internet browsing, office software (star office), email, etc... it won't be doing a lot. It is going to be a play system to see how much I remember and whether I want to invest the time again. I know all the above is easily done by probably 100% of the distros but I like to run things lean since I use to do some Linux security back in the day. (one reason I hated RedHat back then since it was like windows, wanting to install lots of extra crap)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.