On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Fredrick Backman wrote:
> I'm about to install Linux on my machine. Can anyone please give me some
> advice on which distribution to get? As it looks now, I'd go for RedHat
> or Slackware or Caldera, but I would appreciate some comments on
> these...pros and cons. Why RedHat and not Slackware, and vice versa?
>
> I'm experienced in UNIX, sysadmin, internet, X window etc. and those
> will be the main areas i will be working in (plus java which i will
> learn).
Because of your experience, I would suspect you will prefer Slackware since
you have almost total control at all times what is going on. I have tried
both Slack and RH and found the development parts (my main interest) of
Slackware to run out of the box but not RH. RH's support does not cover
what does not work after an install--only install failures themselves.
This seems to imply that these two things are never connected--which is
ridiculous.
Good Luck,
Gordon A. Gallup Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-0111
Voice: (402)472-1230 FAX: (402)472-2879
http://www.unl.edu/physics/
