On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> What is PM+? I think of PM = Presentation Manager (in OS/2), but that's
> probably not what you meant.
I think she's referring to Partition Magic?
> Slackware
> seems to have an easy install program, but Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> thinks
> "Distributions to stay away from are probably Slackware and Debian." (verbatim
> quote). Maybe Steve could explain further?
Just that Slackware and Debian both have the reputation of
being distributions requiring more expertise than most others.
Though my experience with them is kind of dated, I also found
that to be the case.
> But I'd have to see Debian or Red Hat do
> better on the same hardware before I blame Slackware.
In that case, I'd suggest you follow your own advice and get
a multi-distro pack like lsl's tri-linux, or cheapbyte's mondo
pack. ;-)
But seriously, most distributions have more problems with
SCSI than with IDE.
> You really need a full-fledged Linux with the man pages, HOWTOs and FAQs.
Agreed.
- Steve
