> надо ему ссылку кинуть на лор-фак по выбору дистрибутива

Я уже вижу диалог в тех. разделе:

- I think the wireless network thing finally did get fixed, but the timezone never did - it still asks for the admin password.
- If you want something - do it yourself. It's Linux, baby, no one here owes you.
- o_0