> same is the case with the fedoras at least codecs are > needed to be installed. mandrake is nice but then some > nice packages are missing ( lex , yacc to name a few ) > This is always going to happen. Everyone wants a slightly different mix of packages. satisfying all is not really viable. Although I would say that lex and yacc should be installed on any distribution, I'm again speaking with my own biased point of view.
> i recently got suse 9.3 professional ( thanks Mayank!) > but it has no mp3 support would you believe it amarok First up, and a little OT, please use punctuation. Much easier to read emails with good punctuation. Next, a lot of distros dont have native mp3 support (some licensing issues about which I dont know a lot). But its really not a big deal to install the mp3 support. > so people i want a linux distributon which meets > following demands > > 1 good array of packages ( not the ones like apg or This is a very subjective topic. Whats good for you is not good for me. Thats why you have so many options open. Pick and choose the packages you want and install them. > > 2 responsive ( not like fc3 which seems slow on older See 1. > > 3 good packages programming related packages ( that > is like given when we talk of linux but still ) > > 4 nice looks ( with the theme manager) > for both, see 1. > 5 nice audio video support > This is a slightly gray area... nvidia and ati cards do seem to have decent binary drivers available. I'll admit that its still a little hard to get multiplexed alsa sound working (I dont think I have it working, but then, I did not really care to get it to work). >From the point of view of packages, again, see 1. > <snip> > subsets of this linux flavour but again requires some > post installtion work ( like mp3 support enabling and <snip> Any operating system requires "post installation work". (Unless you are installing a debian/gentoo like OS which allows you to tweak and customize your installation to the extreme, and then you dont have to do anything after install). > i don't want to keep on "trying out" all of them ( Thats the best way to find out. ~sagar -- Sagar Gokhale -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
