Hello Peter, I've been a fan of Debian for a long time. Its my favorite distro. I've used in different architectures (intel, sparc, and powerpc) and been quite happy.
Go for it. JD On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 11:12:32PM -0500, Peter Long wrote: > Hi all, > > Since my harddisk is acting funny I have decided to upgrade the OS on my > RedHat 8.0 box (and replace the disk at the same time). I have been > using RedHat and Mandrake for the last 6 years so I think its time to > try something new. I tried KNOPPIX 3.3 earlier today when on Brian > Weaver's advice I used badblocks to check the disk (none found Brian). I > was very impressed with KNOPPIX. It found all my hardware and even had > the sound working without any tinkering on my part! I understand KNOPPIX > is based on Debian so I thought I would try it as the OS of my Linux > machine. > <snipped> -- Happy Trails John F. Davis ABC #6334 1992 R100GSPD Durham, North Carolina http://www.skink.net -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
