I picked RedHat as my first distro simply because it was the first one to come to my attention. I think that would be a symptom of the greater penetration RedHat has/had.
Robert Never test the depth of the water with both feet. -----Original Message----- From: Jason Greenwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 2 September 2003 11:36 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Distro choice not easy for Windows people... I couldn't agree more! I understand why people might like RH but I fail to see what it has that Mandrake doesn't...OTOH, I can clearly see what mandrake does that RH does not - namley GUI config tools that work well - and intuitively. Cheers Jason PS, most here know my RH sentiments already but honestly, I'd like to know why someone would use RH OVER Mandrake, support, etc. aside. We're talking home users here... antonovich wrote: >As someone who is in the process of migrating I have a little experience >here... though I can't say that I am even a very experienced Windows person >(in fact I'm really not!). However, I first tried installing Redhat 8 and was >very quickly discouraged. In fact, it delayed my beginning to use Linux on a >daily basis by at least 6 months. Since installing Mandrake 9.1 I have been >inseparable from my little beastie... much to the dismay of my wife! I am >fully prepared to believe that Redhat is more powerful, or cleaner, or >whatever, but I found from first putting in Disc 1 Mandrake was just simpler >to grasp. The install was more intuitive for a Windows person and easier to >understand for a person of reasonably limited IT experience. It basically did >what I wanted. >I also find that the gui system tools, particularly Mandrake control centre, >are a lot easier to understand. Maybe almost exactly the same tools (KDE >system guard, etc) are available for Redhat but sure as s@@t I couldn't work >out weather I was Arthur or Martha in Redhat. >It may just have been luck - that I was in the right mood and the sun was at >the right angle - but I don't know how long it would have taken me to migrate >if I only had Redhat. I may even decide in 6 months that Redhat is "better" >and start using that. I have an open mind, but I would DEFINITELY recommend >Mandrake over Redhat for the "reasonably bright and interested but not yet a >true computer geek [trying hard to be!] who has experience only with Windows" >person. >At the end of the day, however, if I had got it in my head that Redhat was >better I probably would have tried with that for a bit longer. My advice >would be... "Ok, if you think Redhat is better give that a go. But I know >quite a few people who have found Mandrake good for getting to know Linux, so >if Redhat is a bit confusing give it a try." Or something similar. >Cheers >Anton >ps. As soon as I get time (when will that be?) I will probably try a few >others... Suse, Gentoo... as... why not!? > > > >
