debian is nice i dont mnd it, but redhat hmm i wont go there. I started on redhat and was stuck with it for quite some time (it wasn't sensitive about my ram, but i didn't know there was a prob) after i the problem i jumped to slackware and haen't looked back, its got a superior fs layout to when i last ed rdhat.
But I suppose it all depends on what you plan to do, if your a newbie and want a desktop i think mandrake is the way to go, if you want a server steer clear of redhat and mandrake thats my opinion anyway. feel free to present yours. -- Karl Clements "Everyone is stupid, its just the degree that varies" <reply who="Stephan Borg" date="Sat, 5 Jan 2002 11:38:51 +1100"> > To play the Devil's advocate - I am a Redhat and Debian user. One of the > main points I see being raised in this thread, is learning the internals > of Linux. > > I started out on RH4, and in those days, you still needed to know some > internals. But using RPMs and a little mucking about, I installed a base > system (non-bloated, which I might add is how I do all my installs) and > then added RPMs as necessary. If I need to know whats in the package, I > use rpm to tell me where it went and what it modified. > > My point to this email - one advantage I've found, is that when I work > on clients systems, the majority use RH or Debian, I still know my > internals as well as these distro's. IMHO - the cake and eating it too. > > Hiding behind my sandbags, in preparation for the flames, > > Stephan > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf > Of Karl Clements > Sent: Saturday, 5 January 2002 10:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Slackware anybody? > > > I have been using slackware on my gateway/firewall machne for the better > part of a yer i think, it originated as rh5 then slack 4 now slack8, > its good it stays up for days/weeks/months on end (subject to power > outages). I had no problem getting it going at all on my gateway > > I also use slack8 on my workstation, i didn't want to have a bloated > install so i installed mostly the base packages then downloaded and > compiled them, there are advantages to downloading and compiling over a > packagemanagment tool > a) you know where it will end up > b) you can optimise it for your system > c) you configure it with options you want > > I did have some trouble getting X going on my workstation but that was > primarily because my video card and monitor suck, but after spending > 20-30mins reading the XF86Config man file i was able to write my own > config that worked. > > I think slack is a good distro because it doesn't have the bloat of > others, and it is very easy to install. > > As for your questions,video is a kernel thing, slack8 does have isdn > packages (plus the kernel aspect) it comes with kde2.1.1 > > > -- > Karl Clements > "Everyone is stupid, its just the degree that varies" > > <reply who="gnudev" date="Fri, 4 Jan 2002 23:16:50 +1000"> > > > I am looking at taking up Slackware. After being a RedHat devotee > > until they > > decided to frequently release bloatware, and the risky GCC 2.96, I > started > > looking at Debian. Now I am looking more closely at Slackware 8.0 and > I think > > this is the Linux for me. > > > > I would like to know some things about Slack, like if it has a package > > manager, can I adjust my video text mode (I like 100x40), can I use an > ISDN > > connection with it, is it stable with the 2.4 kernel option, will the > > installer ask me if I want XFree 4.1 (even in newbie install mode? I > can't > > remember if I saw there was a 'newbie' installation mode), does it > come with > > the drivers for the GeForce II MX cards (or can I compile them after > taking > > them down from nVidia's site), is the KDE distro on it complete like > that > > with RedHat, and generally, are there any major high points of Slack > over > > others? > > > > Thanks, > > James > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More > Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
