Santa Fe Linux

[imported_Dan]

I stumbled across an announcement on another Linux site about the Santa Fe Desktop distribution. Being a non-technical type person, but recognizing the value of Linux, I found this distribution to be very interesting. Does anyone have any info on this? Is it really as simple to use as it claims? Are there known glaring faults?
I tried Linux a while back but was incredibly frustrated at the difficulty in configuring and in installing new software and the like.
- Dan

[qeed]

you really should stick with the top ten distro.....at least people actually tried it out. That includes slackware,debian,gentoo,ubuntu,mandriva,fedora,kno ppix,xandros,
suse,and mepis. If you really easiness, i suggest you use debian or
ubuntu.

[gmoreno]

Well I saw a good review of it on Linuxjournal. It supposed to run with Nividia or ati graphics alleleration. Its a live cd like knoppix.

[mojo jojo]

if you want something simple try Ubuntu it's the most simple distro you can use IMO another good one is SuSE.

[Tyr_7BE]

You can try it out, for sure...it's a live cd so there's nothing stopping you. But just use the usual new distro style caution. ALL new distros have bugs; even those based off the big 3 (Fedora, Debian, SuSE). They range from annoying to crippling. Bear this in mind when making a judgement.

Anyway, if you're looking to get into Linux, I'd recommend Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntulinux.com/ ) at the drop of a hat. People are also saying good things about the latest version of Linspire.

[Schotty]

[quote author=Tyr_7BE link=board=7;threadid=10465;start=0#msg94210 date=1116721737]
People are also saying good things about the latest version of Linspire.
[/quote]

Yes we are

Although for stability purposes, 4.5 has still proven a bit better. 5.0 includes the first X.org, 2.6 Kernel, and specific KDE integrations that were not there in 4.x.

(threw that out for completeness )

[countach44]

I like SuSE for ease of use. The install was completely mindless.