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Postby porter on Sat Mar 08, 2003 7:18 pm

hey guy's I'm thinking of witching from xp to either mandrake or :hmmm: any thought's.
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Postby porter on Sat Mar 08, 2003 7:19 pm

that's mandrake or suse
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Postby lilwip on Sat Mar 08, 2003 8:03 pm

ever use linux before? If no I would recommend Drake or Red Hat for ease of install and use. Let us know what you decide!
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Postby kanaloa on Sat Mar 08, 2003 10:31 pm

From what I know I'd also say go with Redhat. ;)
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Postby XJan87 on Sun Mar 09, 2003 2:34 am

I'd say SUSE 'cause it's European. :yesnod:
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Postby epec254 on Sun Mar 09, 2003 1:14 pm

You can't just download suse 8, like you can with redhat 8. you have to go out and buy it :(
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Postby Weaver on Sun Mar 09, 2003 1:25 pm

Baptism by fire, try a real man's distro like Slackware or Debian. No really, it is going to depend on what you are using it for. You want a desktop replacement, use Redhat or Mandrake. You want an all-purpose server, go with Slackware or Debian.

You'll learn a whole lot with whatever you choose.

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Postby XJan87 on Sun Mar 09, 2003 1:57 pm

epeter wrote:You can't just download suse 8, like you can with redhat 8. you have to go out and buy it :(

Sure you can... At least if you live inside the EU.
SuSE offers the possibility to install SuSE Linux free of charge directly from the FTP server. The function scope of FTP versions is virtually the same as that of the "normal" version. Merely a few program packages have been excluded due to license reasons. The installation support is not included either.
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Postby epec254 on Sun Mar 09, 2003 2:20 pm

Yes, but you can't download ISO's - if you want to install it on more than one machine, you must download all of the install files from their ftp and set up your ftp with their files.

"It is not possible to generate installation CDs from a complete download."

Redhat is easier to download and install for the new user ;)
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Postby branbo on Sun Mar 09, 2003 5:32 pm

i'm a first time user, installed Xandros desktop (Debian distro) in about 1 hr, it was easier then windows, even auto configed everything, like learning DOS you have to learn the lingo.
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