Thanks Hoyt, It was a good answer, As a beginerr I want to stick to this Mandrake as u guys are very well know with this product.
Regards. Hari Yellina. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hoyt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 10:52 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Why u guys are using mandrake rather than other linux flavours > On Sunday 10 March 2002 05:33 am, you wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I am just wondering , why u guys are using mandrake over other linux > > flavour . Can u guys tell me the advantages, > > > > > I started by installing RedHat 5.1 and the concurrent versions of Debian, > Slackware and SuSE. I was most successful with Red Hat, but as I gained > experience with it, I wound up having a number of patches and fixes and > tweaks that I applied to it. Mandrake 5.2 solved most of these problems for > me, espcially since I like KDE and Red Hat selected GNOME for their default > desktop. > > Since then, I have enjoyed the feature set of Mandrake, including its ability > to autodetect my hardware and set a number of features up automagically. > There are, of course, still tweaks and fixes to apply. > > Recently, while writing three chapters for the current Red Hat Linux 7.2 > Unleashed, I had the opportunity to revisit Red Hat and frankly did not care > for what I experienced. Mandrake offers a much more polished desktop user > experience. I also gained a renewed appreciation for the Mandrake suite of > configuration tools. > > For now, Mandrake continues to be a good choice because they continue to > focus on the user interface and the automation of tasks with as much fervor > as they focus on including the "latest and greatest"; the best of both worlds. > > If I had to give up Mandrake, though, it would probably be for SUSE. > > -- > Hoyt > > http://www.maximumhoyt.com > > There are no dumb questions; only dumb bosses. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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