> Once you get used to single boot diskette based network installs for > redhat, mandrake, and debian, its hard to go back to downloading > gigabytes of CDs unless you already own the CDs or are installing many > machines.
SuSE also does the ftp install ... so no need for those ISOs and/or CDs either. Anyway all this distro talk centers on choice, and I had chose RedHat as linux of choice years ago because I liked the security patch support and a rather stable product. I could usually depend on RedHat to stay on top of the patches. Besides they had a business interest in keeping their product patched. Too bad RedHat is not the company that they were before they went public. Sure RedHat is a ton better now and that may be due to that they went public, but I miss the good ol' days. Mandrake is okay, but it is a little too close to the bleeding edge usually for me and my hardware. Other seem to like it fine. I also liked Caldera at one time and SCO (or someone) has screwed that up for me. I liked TurboLinux at another time but you don't really find it on the shelves at your local store anymore. Probably could download it ... I like SuSE also. But with Novell buying SuSE, maybe I should just leave it alone. Gentoo is cool, but I find that I usually break it when I try to go my own way instead of using the emerge thing. I have done OpenBSD and FreeBSD, and I prefer them as servers. So now I have to choose a new distro. Which will it be ? Slakware, Debian, Fedora, or maybe I'll roll my own distro! But damn! I'd have to do my own patching! Steve A.
