Matt Waters wrote: > My primary goal with Linux is to learn as much as I can about computers with it, so please keep that in mind when you make a recommendation. If you want to learn, I'd recommend Slackware. The installer is very basic and it doesn't just configure everything automatically when you install it (X, sound, etc.). You'll gain experience by compiling your own kernel for sound support, setting up X manually, etc. Slackware was my first distro and I learned alot. Years ago I had a 1.x kernel that didn't have IDE cdrom support by default. I patched and built a new kernel and managed to get the cdrom working. An excellent learning process. One of the other advantages it has is that sooner or later you end up compiling lots of software from source. No package management is ever perfect or totally up to date. If you want to keep your system current (and you should for security) building from source is the safest method. Besides you learn alot in the process. I spose if you really wanted to learn, take current hardware and try to put and old distro on it and work through upgrading software to get everything working. > BTW, does TCLUG still have bi-weekly beermeetings? yes, I'm not sure who is heading them up; check the website: http://www.mn-linux.org/beermeeting/