Re: Compaq Armada 100S

[Richard Adams <pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl>]

On Friday 12 April 2002 17:23, Ray Olszewski wrote:
> At 12:04 PM 4/12/02 -0400, Brian Jung Myeng Lee wrote:
> >Hello.
> >
> >Hmm.. This could be a war between what distro's the best. =)
>
> Not likely here. Only fools engage in this sort of debate, and fools are in
> short supply on this list.

lI'll second that Ray.

>
> In any case, "best" isn't even well defined. You have to ask: "best for
> what purpose"? As long as you use a current version of any of the major
> distributions (that it be current is important so you have an up-to-date
> kernel and the latest security patches), you will be OK on the basics.
>
> After that, it's a matter of what you like.
>
> >In my opinion, if you are a newbie, get Mandrake or RedHat then swtich
> >over to Slackware or Debian as soon as possible. (That is when you know
> >how to manage/run/fix stuff) I started with RH then switched to Slack,
> >then LFS. But I think it doesn't take a lot to learn those 'hard' distros.
> >They are all Linux (This is the word, but...) anyway.
>
> Here I would disagree. Unless you find the process of learning a distro's
> idiosyncracies to be fun or educational, you should pick one and stick with
> it. I found the move from Slackware to Debian to be painful, but now that
> I'm used to Debian, I hate the thought of switching to, say, Red Hat ...
> not because Debian is necessarily better, but just because Red Hat is
> different in its details.

As a user of many different distro's all i can say is i must agree with Ray, 
except for his remarks on slackware, however Ray is correct in saying what he 
did but what he did not say is, slackware "allows" you to configure things as 
you want them not as the distro thinks you will want them, thats the 
differance. 

>
> Stay away from Slackware unless you like to tinker; it does the least for
> you in the way of automated setup and updates. (But if you DO like to
> tinker at low level, definitely consider Slackware.) Pick one that is
> likely to be around for a while (more of a concern these days, as the Linux
> portion of the dot-com bust continues to play out). Debian, Red Hat,
> Mandrake, and probably SuSE are the best bets, in no particular order.

Huum, i must be a tinkerer ;-)
My Armada E500 has slackware Red and Mandrake, they all work as i want them 
to.

Thats my 2 $cents worth and my only mail on this subject.

>
>
> --
> ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
> Ray Olszewski                                        -- Han Solo
> Palo Alto, CA           	 	         ray@comarre.com
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Regards Richard
pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl
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