Mandrake is just a shittier version of Red Hat. I've not used the drake-fly distro because of it's insistence that web-based GUI are acceptable means for system administration. Did you know Mandrake was once just a modified version of Red Hat Linux?
SuSe is fine if you like lengthy install processes, and bugged config scripts. Too much salt for my butter. They are also stingy with downloadable ISOs. Debian is the biggest waste of storage space known to man. 8 CDs! Mostly crappy, useless, abandoned applications. If you want to use the 2.4* kernel it's all the way on CD3!? Also the user-interface is NOT for the easily confused. I like the Slackware Live CD because it's small but it's too light-weight for personal computing. Gentoo is cool if you like using high-end peripheral support ala custom binary driver packages and prefer your packages to be compiled by you (FreeBSD style). The BEST distribution if you are doubting Red Hat Linux user is Fedora. It has an ergonomic update & install process. The up2date/RHN applet has been revamped to support public distribution points (no more "you are not a priority customer" errors woo!). It also feature many 2.6 kernel features in it's 2.4.22-based kernel. Red Hat is sponsoring Fedora as their bases for development and future RHEL releases. They will not support it, just sponsor and develop for it. Fedora is the new Red Hat Linux as you have know it financially. But some things are different it how it is versioned, released, updated and maintained. It is much more Debian-like in it's package management dept., thanks to Warren, so really i see no need to want Debian. As for the particulars, it is best to read the site: http://fedora.redhat.com I've updated three RH9 boxes to Fedora test3 with no problems in upgrading. The release-version "Fedora Core 1" should be released bu the end of this week. Anything less would be uncivilized, Tom "John Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/03/03 08:24 PM Please respond to luau To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: [luau] Which Distribution To Go With Hmm...I just got the email from Red Hat today stating that my free distribution will reach its end-of-life in the next quarter. Not being aware of the current RH prices, I went over to the site to look at how much a low-end subscription would run. It seems starting prices are $349. Since I am running a couple personal and a couple charity sites, I can't afford to shell out that kind of cash every year. So I guess it's time to go distribution shopping again. Any suggestions? I have heard a lot of people mention Debian. The only other distribution I ever used was Slackware back in the early to mid 90s. Thanks for any input you can give... --John _______________________________________________ LUAU mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau
