Linux Distro

[John Seth]

**hides his pocket protector and McDonalds lunch**

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> This thread can lead to religious wars, but here are
> the distros I have used (which is why I won't mention
> suse or Debian. I'm sure they are good, I just haven't
> personally worked with them) goes:
> Slackware, great distro, but usually adopted only by
> those with the biggest pocket protectors. This one
> will put hair on your chest (or burn it off!) Usually
> a little behind the other distributions because they
> prefer to release more stable versions of the
> kernel/applications.  So they might be a point release
> behind, but it will include the latest patches.  For
> this reason, some will claim that it is geared for a
> more conservative business environment. Fewer wizards
> etc than the other distros (of course we have a
> service configuration program....its called vi!)
>
> Red Hat.  The McDonalds of Linux.  Good Distribution,
> all the standard stuff.  I initially liked it because
> it had some good text utilities, but they seem to be
> taking those out. (Xconfigurator, etc) They have an
> 'new' front end for Gnome and KDE called Blue Wave (i
> think).  It strives to make KED and Gnome look the
> same.  However, if you are accustomed to the way
> either front end works, then you will be more confused
> (initially) than helped out.
> Red Hat is definitely taking aim at Microsoft with the
> way they package and display linux.  Wizards
> everywhere. They have an excellent install system, the
> RPM (redhat package manager).  (yes, I am familiar
> with apt-get.  From what I understand, Debian's
> apt-get, and Red Hat's RPM are both good.  apt-get may
> have a slight edge because it combines the install
> features of a package manager with updating features)
>
> I use Red Hat most of the time, and am starting to get
> a little disappointed with the dumbing down of the
> system.  However, standard installs do throw in
> everything you could need.  So I will probably stick
> with it until clippy makes an appearance.
>
> Mandrake - This is also a good distribution, initially
> based on Red Hat.  Mandrake is definitely geared
> towards the end user.  Installation routine is very
> good, but it left out a couple of important programs
> that I thought should be standard (sudo comes to mind)
> (of course, I may have messed up the install).  Since
> it is an rpm install, adding them was easy.
>
> Since I need to work with windows (damm you d-link!) I
> usually do a multiple boot.  Mandrake works fine, but
> they have a funny way of partitioning the disk that
> partition magic has a hard time dealing with.  (PM has
> no problem with redhat)
>
> In nflug, you will run into many people who have
> experience with mandrake, which is also important.
> Since each distro has their own way of running, there
> are always subtle differences to be aware of.  Because
> of that, if you are brand new to linux, I would shade
> my recommendation towards Mandrake.
>
> Knoppix. The ultimate try before you buy distro.  The
> complete distro comes on one bootable cd.  KDE
> desktop, standard set of server programs.  The bad
> news, a little slow (hey, it comes on a cd and there
> is nothing to install!) and it needs quite a bit of
> memory to speed it up.  Also, as soon as you turn it
> off, everything goes away (they are working on stuff
> for mounting memory sticks as key directories, so that
> you can save their own work)
>
>
> Hope this helps!
>
>
>
> --- Tim <speljamr at speljamr.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm also new to the group. I'd like to throw my 2
>> cents in the direction of
>> SUSE. I have been running SUSE 8.0 on one of my
>> machines for the past year
>> and I love it. I has one of the easiest install
>> interfaces I have ever used
>> with a Linux distro and it's critical update feature
>> through the YAST
>> interface is also very useful.
>>
>> Timothy J. Finucane
>> http://www.speljamr.com
>> speljamr at speljamr.com
>>
>> Smith & Wesson - The original point and click
>> interface
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-nflug at nflug.org
>> [mailto:owner-nflug at nflug.org]On Behalf Of
>> mihakriket Steffens
>> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 6:55 PM
>> To: nflug at nflug.org
>> Subject: Linux Distro
>>
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>      I am new to this mailing list as well as new to
>> Linux. I have 2
>> computers I wish to install Linux to and I want to
>> use the same distro on
>> both computers. The first computer will be a dual
>> boot with Windows the
>> other I want to setup a firewall/proxy/print server.
>> I have a small network
>> with a boradband connection(with a Linksys Router)
>> and another Windows
>> computer. The specs of the 2 computer are as follows
>> :
>>
>> Computer 1:
>>
>> pIII 733
>> 256mb
>> ATI Radeon 32mb ddr
>> 40gig Drive (10gig for Windows)
>> 1 nic
>>
>> Computer 2:
>>
>> P75
>> 64mb
>> 630mb Drive with a possible 2nd 850mb HD.
>> 2 nics
>>
>> Thank you,
>> mihakriket
>>
>>
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