How do I get off the Linux mailing list? I would not recieve mail from the
user group any more.
>From: Linux Rocks! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Distro reviews anyone?
>Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 12:05:28 -0800 (PST)
>
>Yes, I would say about the same thing, except replace redhat with
>Mandrake. I personally dont like redhat, but mandrakes version works
>pretty good. I would also add that slak is a good option for sub pentium
>boxes, since recent versions of suse and mandrake are i586 compiled.
>
>Jamie
>
>On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Dean Ridgway wrote:
>
> > Greetings everyone,
> >
> > It is getting close to the time when I do my semi-annual update of the
>Mid
> > Willamette Valley LUG web pages. I was thinking of adding a section
>reviewing
> > the various Linux distributions. If any of you would like to write a
>short
> > paragraph (or even just a few sentences) stating why you choose whatever
>Linux
> > distribution you use I would appreciate it.
> >
> > For example, my own entry will probably go something like:
> >
> > Back in 1995 when I first started getting interested in Linux, Slackware
>was
> > the only distribution carried by the local software store that I
>frequented.
> > Since then I have stayed with Slackware partly because it is what I am
>used
> > to and partly because of its reputation for rock-solid stability.
> >
> > Because Slackware is a little less polished than some of the other
> > distributions it is a great learning tool. If you just want to run
>Linux,
> > Redhat or SuSE are great distributions. If you want to get your hands
>dirty
> > and learn how and why things work on a Unix-like OS, then get Slackware.
> >
> > /\-/\ Dean Ridgway | Two roads diverged in a wood,
>and I-
> > ( - - ) InterNet [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I took the one less traveled by,
> > =\_v_/= FidoNet 1:357/1.103 | And that has made all the
>difference.
> > CIS 73225,512 | "The Road Not Taken" - Robert
>Frost.
> > http://www.peak.org/~ridgwad/
> > PGP mail encouraged, finger for key: 28C577F3 2A5655AFD792B0FB
>9BA31E6AB4683126
> >
>
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