I'm on the same page as you and Derek. We use RH 7.3 at work (on the few workstations that run Linux, most run Windows) 'cuz that's what is officially supported (although we are slowly migrating our servers over to Linux..from Sun...we have about 300 users..in a heavy computing research setting).
RH 8.0 is a step backward, and I can get around pretty well in RH 7.3 at this point so I'll continue to use it at work. I still think gentoo, which is a 'roll your own' distribution, has some real advantages...it's fast, compact, you can build a tight, secure system..test all the latest software, etc. I'll prolly use it on a 'dmz' box I'm trying to configure at home. But, for general desktop use, multimedia, USB support, as well as software support, Mandrake really has the edge. Who knows, if I stay with Mandrake for a bit I may find I have a few more hours on my hands to actually learn something about Linux computing! Terry Smith On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 21:40, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Fri, 2002-11-29 at 12:31, Derek Jennings wrote: > > I totally agree Terry. > > After having used Mandrake for 18 months I thought had better check on other > > distros, just in case I was being blind to their merits. Red Hat 8 's > > install went very nicely, and the fonts were great, but when I tried to > > actually 'do things' in it I found I missed all the little tools and > > facilities I took for granted with Mandrake. The package management for > > example is dreadful by comparison. > > > > Libranet was nice, and the apt-get servers seem to be faster than the servers > > Mandrake use for urpmi, but there were no tools for setting anything up at > > all, and the menus contained entries for every darned utility installed!! > > > > So I guess I will not be changing distros soon(Especially not after having > > just renewed Mandrake Club membership) > > > > derek > > I still think that RH 8 is like Gnome2 - unpolished, unfinished and > pushed out to the public before it's time - RH 7.3, on the other hand, > ain't all that bad...happier installing it on systems than anything else > so far...guess I just got more familiar with it's idiosyncrasies and > it's work-arounds and can get it up and running in a production > environment quicker than the rest... > > (BeOS was still hotter and faster, but those are bygone days) > > -- > Fri Nov 29 13:35:00 EST 2002 > .o0 linux user:267497 0o. > -------------------------------- > | __ __ | k�hn media australia > | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com > | .\__/ || | | | > | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen k�hn > | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 > | ;"""/ / | | | > | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 > | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU > -------------------------------- > Coralament*Best Gr�tens*Liebe Gr��e*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn > > "I will make no bargains with terrorist hardware." > -- Peter da Silva > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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