Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH

2003-06-03 Thread Linux Rocks !
Brian, Well... if your priority is mainstream, then maybe you need Windows. As far as I can tell, redhat is the microsoft of the linux community. Ive spent a lot of time trying various linux's, and have found Mandrake to be far superior to RedHat, its actually based on redhat, but it

Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH

2003-06-03 Thread Kent Loobey
On Monday 02 June 2003 11:01 am, Linux Rocks ! wrote: Brian, Well... if your priority is mainstream, then maybe you need Windows. As far as I can tell, redhat is the microsoft of the linux community. Ive spent a lot of time trying various linux's, and have found Mandrake to be far

RE: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH

2003-06-03 Thread BAGGAB
Unix and GNU/Linux User Group's mail list Subject: Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH Brian, Well... if your priority is mainstream, then maybe you need Windows. As far as I can tell, redhat is the microsoft of the linux community. Ive spent a lot of time trying various linux's, and have

RE: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH

2003-06-03 Thread BAGGAB
Thanks, I have a copy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kent Loobey Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 7:12 AM To: The Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User Group's mail list Subject: Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH On Monday 02 June 2003 11:01 am

Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH

2003-06-03 Thread Linux Rocks !
User Group's mail list : Subject: Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH : : : Brian, : Well... if your priority is mainstream, then maybe you need Windows. As : far as I can tell, redhat is the microsoft of the linux community. Ive : spent a lot of time trying various linux's, and have found

Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH

2003-06-03 Thread Ben Barrett
While your post may be helpful to some, I have to disagree here, at least to some extent. Linux Rocks, as they say, and to compare RedHat to Microshaft is a Bad Idea, I think. To be specific, Linux Rocks, and Red Hat has brought linux to more people than any other distro (*), so why bad-mouth

RE: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH

2003-06-03 Thread BAGGAB
PM To: The Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User Group's mail list Subject: Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH In my opinion Debian is the linux distro that is best. Granted, I pretty much exclusively use FreeBSD at this point, from all my linux experiences, Debian holds up as tops. The main reason

RE: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH

2003-06-03 Thread BAGGAB
User Group's mail list : Subject: Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH : : : Brian, : Well... if your priority is mainstream, then maybe you need Windows. As : far as I can tell, redhat is the microsoft of the linux community. Ive : spent a lot of time trying various linux's, and have found

Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH

2003-06-03 Thread Kent Loobey
Unix and GNU/Linux User Group's mail list Subject: Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH In my opinion Debian is the linux distro that is best. Granted, I pretty much exclusively use FreeBSD at this point, from all my linux experiences, Debian holds up as tops. The main reason is that debian

Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH

2003-06-03 Thread Bob Miller
BAGGAB wrote: Maybe I should be considering another disrto. I've tried Mandrake and koppix, but I hear a lot of good buzz about Gentoo. I would say that Gentoo is for experts only at this point. (Maybe for a long time.) Only install Gentoo if you understand another distro or two inside and

Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH

2003-06-03 Thread Bob Miller
Ben Barrett wrote: (*) - I have no reference off-hand. Anyone? I'd be happy to find some figures if anyone's interested Various surveys show either RedHat or Debian on top. RedHat leads in the US and in corporate environments, and Debian leads in Europe and among hacker geeks. -- Bob

Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH

2003-06-03 Thread Jim K
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kent Loobey Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 8:22 AM To: The Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User Group's mail list Subject: Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH On Tuesday 03 June 2003 02:03 am, BAGGAB wrote: Well, 30 minutes into this and everyone has their favorite

Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH

2003-06-03 Thread Mr O
Surely you'd like to see how much quicker you can do it on your new machine eh? Don't forget 'distcc' for splitting up the workload. It'll really help on the larger packages like Xfree86 and KDE. Mr O. --- Bob Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BAGGAB wrote: Can you elaborate on this. Can

Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH

2003-06-03 Thread Kent Loobey
PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kent Loobey Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 8:22 AM To: The Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User Group's mail list Subject: Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH On Tuesday 03 June 2003 02:03 am, BAGGAB wrote: Well, 30 minutes into this and everyone has their favorite distro. I

Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH

2003-06-03 Thread Linux Rocks !
On Monday 02 June 2003 04:51 pm, Ben Barrett wrote: : While your post may be helpful to some, I have to disagree here, at : least to some extent. Linux Rocks, as they say, and to compare RedHat : to Microshaft is a Bad Idea OK why is it a bad idea ? I think. To be specific, Linux Rocks, and :

Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH

2003-06-03 Thread Linux Rocks !
on #gentoo, I was told that with my machine, expect about 20 hours (much better than 2 weeks!) and the first part would be quick, after I reboot from the initial install, i shoud issue emerge -f system (I think thats what they said...) Jamie On Monday 02 June 2003 07:30 pm, Mr O wrote: :