Well I have to say that even though I prefer Gentoo (once past the installation stage) I find Mandrake easier to install than Windows. (It was also the only distro which detected the on-board nic on an old Compaq 6000 server - RH9, Gentoo, Knoppix did not)
Rob On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 17:25, Chris Wilkinson wrote: > Hi there, > > Peter Elliott wrote: > > > > his only caveat was that the installation might be beyond > > the capabilities of some listeners (this is true...<snip> > > Yes it is true. Some distros have an installation that makes > climbing K2 seem like a picnic! A linux distro that is simplified > massively just for home use is urgently required to capitalise > on the current doubt people must feel about Windows. > > Distributors should be keeping an ISO of 'simpler' distros like > Lycoris or Lindows, rather than keeping just the biggies like > RH, MDK, DEB, etc... > > That way a bigger demographic of people could get hold of a > copy of a friendlier distro... > > Kind regards, > > Chris Wilkinson, Christchurch. >
