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| Thread ID: 26150 | 2002-10-20 18:49:00 | Linux O\S. Which to choose. | Phar (2152) | Press F1 |
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| 91205 | 2002-10-20 18:49:00 | I am currently trying out Mandrake 8.1 Standard Edition (lent to me), but am looking to get the latest version of the O\S. I have read about Mandrake 9.0 PowerPack and SuSE 8.1 Professional both sound very good. I am looking at the PowerPack and Professional because they have a lot more software with them etc. Who here uses Mandrake, SuSE or Redhat ? and why that particular version. There are so many out there. |
Phar (2152) | ||
| 91206 | 2002-10-20 20:27:00 | I use Mandrake, as I was told it's the best version for beginners (not necessarily the best version overall though). I believe Redhat is the most common one used though. That's all I know :D I'll leave it to the experts now :p Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 91207 | 2002-10-20 20:52:00 | Decisions, decisions. Yes Mandrake is a good "beginners" distro. I use Mandrake 8.2, Redhat 7.1, Slackware 8.0. I don't use SuSE but word has it that it is good for beginners too. I wouldn't necessarily run out and get the latest distro's for Mandrake and Redhat. They have the later GUI's for KDE and Gnome but the underlying kernel is the same (still 2.4 I presume). Having said that, I have purchased Redhat 8.0 to have a look at it. Every Linux geek has their favourite distro which might be different from yours. Depends what you want from your OS. |
Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 91208 | 2002-10-20 21:13:00 | Just to add my bit. I would have recommend Mandrake, next to knopix it’s the easiest to install, (insert the CD & 30s later your surfing the net, try and beat that Microsoft!), RedHat (which I run now) is also good to but I found it a little harder to install and configure to my liking. Cheers Liam http://www.desktop.net.nz http://www.chatf1.net.nz |
nz_liam (845) | ||
| 91209 | 2002-10-20 22:17:00 | The question you should ask is how easy is it too install programs, for example, Windows I have 100% success rate installing programs, Suse I had 80% success rate, Red hat was only 20% success rate installing programs, I notice at Opera web site there is a test you can do to see which is the best download to go for, but I think I have downloaded most versions on Opera, it installs OK, I did a find on "Opera" clicked on to every "opera" I could find , and still can not open it, it opens to the first message then goes away, then the Suse message bugs me when it says "Have a lot of fun". The first time I downloaded Opera 5, for Suse 6, it was the fastest program I have seen run on Linux, but Opera 6.03 on Suse 7 will not go for some reason. | E.ric (351) | ||
| 91210 | 2002-10-21 01:24:00 | www.ibiblio.org has some good intro's for the different distro's. | boga (2298) | ||
| 91211 | 2002-10-21 04:22:00 | Thanks to all who took the time to reply to my query, and for the links :) | Phar (2152) | ||
| 91212 | 2002-10-21 04:25:00 | Hi, I have just started using SuSE 8.0. (I'm a linux novice). It is having a few teething problems, mainly my modem. When choosing an Linux OS go and check what hardwear it supports first from their website. It may help with your final choice. There is a GNU/Linux out called Lycoris. It is suppose to be very easy to install and operate. Lycoris (http://www.lycoris.com/) Once I finish cutting my teeth on SuSE, I might consider it. Jen |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 91213 | 2002-10-21 06:40:00 | I'd have to say that going with one of the "mainstream" distros would be the best option. RedHat or Mandrake. I know they're what I'm gonna be using when I finally end up learning it all. Once you're more advanced as far as I know RedHat, Slackware and Debian are where you want to be. |
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