Hi Manas, I too tried out some new distros in the past one week. Its been a loooong time since I laid my hands on a m/c to install linux. I felt almost like a newbie!!
Well, I tried out FC3 ... but it could not determine my laptop's resolution of 1280x800 correctly ... moreover, it installed way too many apps and services than I liked ... may be I shouldnt have chosen the custom option and rather should have gone for the desktop option for installation. Then I tried Ubuntu ... I had already tried out Gnoppix, Knoppix, XFLD, Freeduc-cd, DamnSmallLinux live cds on my laptop ... liked the look and feel of Gnoppix ... also evolution came with it by default ... also found from the Ubuntu site that they are pretty much committed to bring out releases every 6 months regulary and provide support for each release for the next 18 months ... I liked this approach very much. I downloaded warty release of Ubuntu (Hoary is due in April, u can get the test versions of it if u feel like it), installed it ... pretty straight forward stuff ... even in expert mode ... then I really really liked it when I saw that it determined my laptop monitors resolution correctly!! Then I downloaded the latest versions of the "main" packages via synaptic ... then today, I downloaded Qt3 designer ... feels quite good ... only that Firefox in it is 0.80 and they discourage installing the new one, synaptic wont recognize that u have installed this new one they say ... but if u r ok with that and not shaky about custom package installations download the latest firefox from the firefox site (not ubuntu) and install it manually. I am just sad that evolution does not work when I am inside the office!!! FC 3 and Ubuntu both ... the firewall/proxy at work seems to hamper its connection ... I dont have a net connection at home (which is quite a temporary arrangement), so I will have to wait till I can connect my laptop to the net from outside a firewall and check out evolution ... if it works fine, I am gonna ask the network guys to open the exchange port in the firewall list ... donno if I melt there hardened hearts!! Well, to keep it sweet and simple, go for Ubuntu if you can live with Gnome ... I haven't tried to learn if KDE is installable on it through synaptic. But then maybe you will have to upgrade it to Hoary in April ... so if you can wait for 2 more months, then go for Ubuntu Hoary. Hope my inputs helped! Ciao, Prem On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:00:36 +0530, Manas Laha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Folks, > > I run "ancient" Linux distributions -- RH7.3 and RH 8.0 -- on the two > PCs that I use regularly. I am thinking of upgrading to a more recent > distribution now. I seek advice/suggestions from you all about what > distribution to upgrade to. We all have our favourite distributions, so > I shall be glad if you can tell me what the strong points of your > favourite are. > > Presently I have with me the install CDs of FC3 and Slackware 10.1. From > recent posts on the list I have been getting the feeling that people are > not too happy with FC3. Why is that? What is the experience with > Slackware 10.1? Sumeet Moghe, what say you? > > I'm willing to consider distributions other than these two, if they seem > to have significant plus points. > > Thanks, > - Manas Laha > > ***************************************** > This Mail is Certified to be Virus Free. > CIC Network Security Group, IIT Kharagpur > ***************************************** > > -- > 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 > -- - Prem ---------------------------------------------------- Prem Kumar Aparanji M: 00919830631687 [Kolkata, WB, INDIA] http://prem.shaliniprem.com http://www.shaliniprem.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
