Hi my 2 cents I started out with Redhat 6 at work and upgraded to 6.2 At home I kept upgrading Redhat until the 7 series when I tried debian, a distro which looked amazing but which required to much time to install.
I then tried SuSe but just plain didn't like it. The gui, the installation, I never got my internet connection working. I tried a 7 something version of Mandrake but it didnn't recognize my hardware. I windozed for a bit then I tried Corel oh boy a good idea that just didn't deliver. They hid all the tools and I had hardware problem after hardware problem. But I liked the ease of use and not being afraid to have the video setup easy to do. I installed a 8 version Mandrake and really liked it everything seemed to work wow. but because I really wanted to learn debian I installed Potato. I banged my head for a couple of months, and finally realized I was missing basic functions I needed so as soon as Mandrake 9.0 came out I installed. I still experience some hardware related problems but once I junk supermount life is great. I can't get my usb printer working but I see that redhat et al has the same problems. I am waiting for the next version (and not printing) which I hope will have solved some of these problems. The interface and tools in MD are just great. Aaron On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 04:19, Les Henderson wrote: > I'm curious as to why someone would choose mandrake over other distros and > thought that this might be the best place to get some oppinions since i'm > sure that there are a number of people on this list who have some strong > views on the subject. i've personally only run mandrake 8.1 on my home > machine (when i downloaded it, it was current). i've run a red hat box on > a work machine as well for a short period of time. > > i've got things that i'm very happy about with mandrake and things that > i've been somewhat annoyed with. my main annoyance is that i can't find > rpms from the original packages that were present on the 8.1 CDs on a > number of the mandrake mirror sites (my original cds have become somewhat > scratched). the main thing that i really like about mandrake is its > installer. on a previous computer that i had mandrake would easily > install when red hat wouldn't no matter what i tried (not that i > necessarily knew too many things to try). > > there are a number of other things that i like and dislike about what i've > seen with mandrake, but i would like to hear what its vocal user base > likes about it compared with other distros. just curious. > > btw, i'm looking for actual comparisions about what are the features that > you like about it, not just flat out oppinions that mandrake rocks. i > hope that this isn't too off topic. > > Les Henderson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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