> you mean RH 7.3, right? still, given that this person is new to linux there
I put 7.3 initially, but there were some issues with 7.3 because IIRC it was on 700meg CDs that many CDburners couldn't read correctly. So I changed it to 7.2. The person talked about a pretty old system (P100, I think). Granted, it was a comparison, but if that's what they have, they'll have an old CDrom. Better safe than sorry. > a more point-n-click approach to management and configuration. YAST is > amazingly complete and easy to use, MDK's control panels are decent if not > as comprehensive and polished. Mandrake's news recently gives tem the potential of being a hard sell. I KNOW they'll be supported by the community even if they die, but the initial sell is still hard. (Debian is a great example of a distro that lives and dies by community developement rather than commercial success). RH ISOs are east to get and easy to install. This person wants to TRY Linux. Suse blows unless you buy a copy (or have acces to someone elses). Since money was directly addressed as an issue for the person initially, RH is easier. > i agree 100%, but the corollary is that continued success will keep people > with the system. there was a rash of people who installed linux in the > 1999-2001 time period who then later switched away from it. sure they got it > installed and it worked easily right away, as by that time Linux installers > were pretty good. but the support and maintenance of a Linux box was more > than most could manage without becoming a full sysadmin. True, but Red Hat is better documented than most. When I google for anything Linux, RH is mentioned in almost all of my replies. Plus, everyone has worked with RH. They aren't my favorite distro. I'm not pushing them because I think they rule. But in fairness, if I'm learning, and I need help with something, RH will be the path of least resistance when I turn to other people. > use a system that does this for you ... MDK's "lets go fetch the updates" at > then end of the install is great for this. Fair enough. And having recommended RH, that's why I specifically mentioned it. As has been mentioned here brfore, (and this also applies to the preceeding statement) there are add-ons for RH which make it fairly straightforward to keep up to date. Kev.
