Switching to Redhat

Cyber Source peter at thecybersource.com
Wed Mar 19 23:07:13 EST 2003


Forgot to mention, I REALLY like the RedHat Update feature, it has
flawlessly kept my system up to date with all the latest packages, and
automatically notifies you with an icon on your taskbar when new
packages are released and available!
On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 22:25, Cyber Source wrote:
> In short, I have found Mandrake to be a little goofy from time to time
> and usually right in front of clients. I have found GUI's config's that
> either conflict or overwrite one another, etc. Bob Meyer and I usually
> go round and round about the Mandrake/RedHat thing but I feel that
> RedHat is just more stable. RedHat has never been less than rock solid
> stable in my clients use and has so far never let me down. It is not
> that I don't like Mandrake, I think it is an ok OS (after all it is
> Linux!) but I also think it includes items into there OS without
> thorough testing, etc, and that without experience to overcome the
> issues that that causes, the ease of use from Mandrake, quickly get
> overcome. I have just come to like RedHat, especially 8.0. IMHO
> On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 09:14, Joe wrote:
> > Why, in specific, don't you like Mandrake?  Or why is RedHat better from
> > your poit of view?  I just want to understand the pros and cons of the
> > various distributions.
> > 
> > Joe
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cyber Source" <peter at thecybersource.com>
> > 
> > > I could really write a novel here on why I have come to my preference on
> > > a Linux distro but to put it plainly, RedHat ROCKS!
> > > Of course, to be fair, this is based mostly in comparison against
> > > Mandrake
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Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>




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