[GLLUG] Re: Distro of Choice?

Derek William Engi engidere at msu.edu
Tue Aug 17 08:27:15 EDT 2004


I started out in linux trying, emphasis on the trying, to install slackware 
back in the day.  Since then I have experimented with Mandrake, Debian, 
FreeBSD, Redhat and finally Fedora Core 2.  Out of all, I would have to say 
I like the "Redhat-ness" of Fedora, its a personal fave. 

Derek 

 


> I have used:  Mandrake, Fedora Core 2, Libranet, Gentoo, and a bunch of
> live distros.  I'm still using Libranet and Fedora.  Libranet is really
> great - It's Debian with an easy installer and some custom admin tools
> that are very nice.  You get all the benefits of using Debian and none
> of the problems.  They're about to come out with a new version soon, but
> Libranet costs money.  Their current version is available for free
> download though. 
> 
>   
> 
> I really like Fedora, too, but I don't need to tell you about it, now do
> I? 
> 
>   
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu
> [mailto:linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu] On Behalf Of Impact
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 7:41 PM
> To: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
> Subject: [GLLUG] Distro of Choice? 
> 
>   
> 
> Was wondering.  Being still quite the newb to linux (only ran for 6
> months or so), I have tried a good number of Distros, but none have
> really 100% clicked.  I tried: Red Hat 9, Fedora Core 2 (using
> currently), had problems installing Debian, and tried a few versions of
> SuSE. 
> 
>   
> 
> I was wondering what you guys use, and why... 
> 
> I recently got SuSE pro (a few versions) in the mail from Novell, so I
> plan to check those out soon... 
> 
>   
> 
> -Dan sherman 
> 
 




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