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Thread ID: 67594	2006-04-01 00:47:00	Which recent Linux distros have style	Hokonui (8280)	PC World Chat

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442604	2006-04-02 01:22:00	There's a lot to be said for "mainstream" distributions, especially the ones which are commercial. They will usually be easier to set up (and often easier to use). ;) They have more users (=debuggers).	Graham L (2)
442605	2006-04-02 01:31:00	There's a lot to be said for "mainstream" distributions, especially the ones which are commercial. They will usually be easier to set up (and often easier to use). ;) They have more users (=debuggers).Have you tried Mepis Graham? The installation couldn't be be easier, and my only complaint is that it refuses to set itself up with /home on a different HDD. One has to change that later. Mind you, like ubuntu, it's debian based, so it's built largely on a rock solid base anyway.	personthingy (1670)
442606	2006-04-02 06:56:00	Thanks Dolby, that pretty much mirrors my experience . I hadn't looked at SUSE as it seemed a bit mainstream and I guess I was looking for something different . I think SuSE is more popular in Europe, not so much here but who really knows when you can install it and don't need to register it . Certainly under Novell it gives it a mainstream air . In terms of wireless networking and Linux, I read somewhere where hardware vendors can change chipsets on you, so a driver which works for a certain card may not work for a later (or older) version of the same card . Certain Prism chipsets work but I don't know if I have to right version of the chipset (I do have a Prism card) . When I feel motivated, I will try again . I'm playing with Linux routers at the moment (cable based!!) . I am doing this on my laptop running Windows XP and a DSE USB wireless network "dongle" . I tried to install SuSE on it but when you need to write to the MBR for booting SuSE, the IBM laptop will not have a bar of it . I ended up taking the hard drive out and installing SuSE on it and then putting it back in .	dolby digital (5073)
442607	2006-04-02 07:10:00	Ziggys just dropped ubuntu in favour of SuSE9.1, which runs fabulously on a machine he was given (less than 400 MHz, less than 256Mb RAM) He's happy with it, but i can't sat SuSE9.1 has the style of Ubuntu. SuSE comes with stock standard KDE styling, which is not a bad thing, just needs personalization.	personthingy (1670)
442608	2006-04-03 11:26:00	I got suse10 running on a amd k6 200 with 256 ram. It's slow but it runs. I prefer mandriva, just seems a lot more user friendly & things just work faster with it + you can download, install & update it for free + everything except for my canon scanner works with no hassle.	Phil B (648)
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