Well, after waiting 2 weeks my order of cds had finally arrived. I played around with Debian, Slackware, Redhat, and Open Linux Lite, the latest releases of all of them. I still have to test SUSE 5, but here is what I think so far. Debian : the install program for the packages and settings of this distrib is the most hideous thing I have ever seen. Particularly the constant interruptions for conflicting packages and settings. Definately not a suitable release for the new user. Slackware: Nothing really wrong with it, but it doesn't have anything standing out about it either. A couple of the other packages just have some extra touches, that I'd have to add to slackware. The two that look good so far are Redhat and Open Linux Lite Redhat seems the best choice at the moment, I really like Open Linux, but the parts of it that I like I think aren't redistributable, but I am going to look into it. Either way, RPM would be the distribution format, although I do believe the install programs for rpm need a major overhaul. I'd like to add the ability to back up to prior steps in the main install. I'd like to make something similar to the initial install available for console users after installation. The rpm command line program is a bit much for new users. I'd also like to revamp glint. It needs a drive space remaining display, install options, kind of like in Xrpm, a display that actually shows you the error messages rather than discarding them. I'd also like to add a search mechanism, and alternate sorting methods. I also plan on putting up a web page to inform people about my intentions. It should be up in about a week. Jason Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
