I need help. No, not that kind of help. I need your technical advice, specifically as it relates to Linux distributions. I've been running Linux in one way or another since 1992 and as my exclusive desktop environment since 1996, so we aren't talking that technical. It's just that I feel it may be time for me to part company with my current distro. That's where I need your help. Watch the video, then let me know what you think.
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switching distro's
hi marcel,
i am using on & off linux since 199x. Have tried many. Got disappointed -i talk about the 9x- and took up again 2 years agoo. I tried and evaluated many distro's: ubuntu's, linspire (bery nice), suse, mandriva, and some others. Now I am with PCLinuxOS and I just love it. It has the windows feel -sorry- but is so well developped & user friendly I can do anything with it. Just downnload the live iso and enjoy. It's fast, has backupprogram with it (also of the system, yes I saw your video on you tube) and flies like hell uh sorry, like a rocket. Install your home on a different partition, and well... i guess you know
thnx for your www page
Suse 11.0?
Hello Marcel -
I'm sorry to be late on the distro question, however I wanted to give you a heads up on Suse 11.0. This is the latest version of Suse. I found out it was released in my nixcraft Linux System Admin mailing. I'd be intersted in your take on Suse 11 vs Mandriva.
Back in the day, when I first started out I used Suse 6.4. And then experiemented on and off with it. I like the interface (it was KDE based) and actually liked YaST. I find either you love it or hate it. And I guess I was one who was too young in my Linux education to know any better. *s*
I'm in a position where I will be rebuilding a desktop pc of mine and I'm either going to go with Mandriva or Suse 1.0 for a change of pase and to wish goodbye to Kubuntu.
Please see the provided tinyURL for your viewing pleassure: http://tinyurl.com/3mhqlj
Hope all is well.
Regards,
Bill Morgan
(Haawk)
Switching Distros
Hi Marcel
For me, I prefer to stick to one distro and get to know it well. I have been in the
Ubuntu Kamp (pun intended) for about three years now. I moved from Fedora
because I did not like the "experimental" leanings of the distro. I want things to
work, without redoing stuff every 6 months. So the Ubunut LTS distro suits me
fine. I also want to use a distro that I can recommend to anyone, not
just technical savy people. A friend of mine is using Fedora and has
been for about 3 years now. When I recommended Fedora to him, I
thought Fedora was a solid distro with a good support group behind it.
Heck, I was using it too. After the umpteenth foulup after an upgrade, I
think my friend is going to switch to Ubuntu now.
I also like getting everything I need to get going on one CD. This habit of
downloading 4- 6 CDs every time we upgrade has got to stop.
The Ubuntu distro has a great support website, an on-line magazine and
a large community. That is they way Fedora was years ago.
However, given the traction that Linux is getting in South America and
Mandriva is very popular there, perhaps this is the Distro to go to.
Suse and RedHat appear to have the market share in the USA.
I would stick with Kubuntu, I like the Free as in beer leanings of the
group and the community.
Cheers
John