For so called home usage my order of preference would be: 1. SUSE, 2. Mandrake, 3. Fedora. 4. others.. - it would be interesting to see how people differ.
-Saugata --- Sharninder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > desktop. I would like to > > build a cheap one for my dad with which he can > > browse the net, watch > > VCDs & use the TV Tuner card to watch TV shows. He > > would be using a > > USB based ADSL modem. > > I have used linux on a 486 but it was too slow to > play > movies and MP3s and I would guess you'll need > atleast > a 300 Mhz P-II for movies and all, I guess. > > > modem. So any > > suggestion of a suitable distro would also be > > helpful for me. > > > > Use debian or slackware, these are the only two > *full > features* distros that I can think of that would be > able to get the most out of that PC. Ok, before I > get > flamed, gentoo is in a different legue all together > and might not be relevant here :) > > HTH > -- > Sharninder > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage > less. > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
