Definetly Gentoo, that's the easiest one to learn on... =) but hey, if you can get it installed and running smoothly then you can really do anything linux related. as far as a good entry linux, maybe mandrake or to teach people about command line and not frighten them away try slax. it boots right into command line, and then can get to a GUI in 5 seconds.

-Jonathan Beall

>From: "Martin, Eric" <MartinE@worc.k12.ma.us>

>Reply-To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug@mail.wlug.org>

>To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug@mail.wlug.org>

>Subject: [Wlug] Another distro Question

>Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 09:04:51 -0400

>I'm teaching a Beginners Linux course in a few weeks for Nitelife with the

>Worc Pub Schools. I was almost ready to go with Fedora, but I don't think

>that has what I'm looking for. I want something easy for people to pickup,

>and I don't think RPMs don't give you the linux feel. I'm going to start

>out w/Knoppix, but I also want to get into a disk install. I've only used

>Gentoo, RHAT, and Knoppix. A friend mentioned SuSe, but I've never used it.

>Very open to suggestions, I want as people to enjoy this class, not think

>that linux is out of their grasp. So, the question is what distro would

>people recommend for beginners aside from Knoppix?

>Eric

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