I'd suggest Mandrake 9.1 or 9.2 (if you want to wait a month or so for it to be released) It's quick and easy to use and install and uses urpmi for rpm which deal with dependencies well.
chad > While not convinced completely, I'll give RPM's another go :-) This apt > thing sounds promising... > > There is something else that I have been thinking about lately. > > Initially, my decision to install RH7.3 was made because a friend and a > friend of his was going to install it, and we thought it would make > sense to share the learning curve between us. They had a look see and > decided to go for 7.3 because it is supposed to be well supported and > stable. Unfortunately, they never got round to it, and I jumped in all > on my own :-( > > So I'm just wondering: is it worthwhile to stay with RH7.3, or should I > go on to more recent distributions? If so, which one, and why? Opening > a beehive here :-) > > cheers > > Jaco > > Shane Hollis wrote: > >Chris Sawtell will confirm or deny this one for me but it is my > > understanding you should be able to patch or upgrade your kernel using > > the kernel.org site? > > > >If not let me know and I will be happy to lend, give, sell my Redhat 9 > > CD's as required and as it legal. RH 7.3 was fine but RH9 is another > > beast all together an am not enjoying it. > > > >Shane > > > >>OT: RPM's are evil, and so is RH. Tried to upgrade my kernel for five > >>nights in a row, and got kicked of very time after 30 min cause I'm not a > >>paying member and their bandwidth is limited for for non-payers. Where > >>another ten minutes the first night would have done it. I call that > >>positively stupid.
