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>Ditch Red Hat. Too many things about the distro are specialised to be Red Hat >only - the knowledge doesn't transfer. Back patching kernels is especially a >lock-in to Red Hat. When you are more of a Linux mechanic, you can try again >if you like. But you won't get there without a working Linux install. > >And if it worked for you, it would be great. But it doesn't. Try Knoppix or >Ubuntu (I use and recommend Kubuntu - which is Ubuntu with a default KDE >desktop). > >Regards, >Bret > > After trying RH 7 and FC2,3,4 I finally gave up on redhat/Fedora. Yum seemed to solve some problems but in the end the whole thing sucked. I now use Ubuntu and have not looked back. My only outstanding problem is to get 5.1 surround sound working properly on my cmi8738( no subwoofer channel for some reason). So Ubuntu or Kubuntu it is and I recommend Automatix for newbies to get them moving with a whole raft of applications. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
