Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill:
Me. Microsoft-free for, oh, about five years now.
I still (at the moment) am using RedHat 7.3 on both my primary desktop and my laptop. My two servers are running RH9. The desktops will be moving to a new distro soon, as soon as I decide between going to Fedora Core, Debian, or SuSE.
Originally posted by Gregg Bolinger:
Mandrake is not an option for you?
Originally posted by James White:
I have to agree with Gregg. I recently removed RH 9.0 and replaced it with Mandrake 9.2. I think the desktop looks better and KDE does seem to work a little better in Mandrake than it does in RH 9.0. I also did not have the nVidia problems, and it found all of my hardware. Overall, I think Mandrake 9.2 is a step up from RH 9.0. The only advantage I give to RH 9.0 that it was a little easier to install, and I only say that because I am new to Linux and had to install Mandrake 9.2 three times before I got it right (2 twice was my error). Otherwise, no complaints. Also, Mandrake's forums are incredibly helpful.
MH
Originally posted by Gregg Bolinger:
Mandrake is not an option for you?
Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill:
I downloaded the 3 ISOs for Mandrake 9.2, and tried to install them on an unused machine (dual Athlon 1800+). The installer would crash a short way into booting the Linux kernel. I tried every one of the alternate installs, and I tried the mem=XXXX kernel param, too. RedHat (7.3, 8.0. 9.0) and Fedora Core 1 all install fine on this machine.
It turns out that I have a bunch of customers who have those Athlon machines (good cost/benefit ratio when they were purchased about 2 years ago) and I need to pick a new OS for them, so it's not looking like Mandrake is an option. Web searches for dual Athlon install problems have turned up nothing. Anybody know anything?
alexis
Originally posted by alexis sumalpong:
I use Suse 9 on my laptop and a webserver. My 2 kids ( 5 and 6 yrs old ) use also Suse 9 on their desktops.
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Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill:
Debian is the only major distribution without a proper installer, and without any commercial support, and I suspect that's the lion's share of your problem. Debian is a "do it yourself" distribution, and unless you enjoy doing it yourself, better to use another distro -- one with commercial support,if you need it.
In any event, recent RedHats (7.3 and up) install out-of-the-box on any Dell laptop I've ever tried them on -- Dell hardware is really just vanilla run-of-the-mill stuff.
Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill:
I used to feel more like Adrian when I was younger and had more time, and back in the days when you'd keep a system for a few years. Nowadays, things turn over so quickly, and there are just so many cool things out there, that despite the fact that once, long ago, a friend and I made our own distro, nowadays I just want something standard that I can install and forget. Unpack a new machine, jam in CD#1, and be back to normal within the hour.
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Originally posted by Jeroen Wenting:
I tried Mandrake and Suse but their installers wouldn't even run on the machine...
As long as Linux cannot match Windows in userfriendliness (installation, configuration should be hasslefree) and performance (many Linux applications are an order of magnitude slower than equivalent Windows applications, especially GUI apps) I'm through with trying.
Originally posted by Jeroen Wenting:
As long as Linux cannot match Windows in userfriendliness (installation, configuration should be hasslefree)
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Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill:
I downloaded the 3 ISOs for Mandrake 9.2, and tried to install them on an unused machine (dual Athlon 1800+). The installer would crash a short way into booting the Linux kernel. I tried every one of the alternate installs, and I tried the mem=XXXX kernel param, too. RedHat (7.3, 8.0. 9.0) and Fedora Core 1 all install fine on this machine.
It turns out that I have a bunch of customers who have those Athlon machines (good cost/benefit ratio when they were purchased about 2 years ago) and I need to pick a new OS for them, so it's not looking like Mandrake is an option. Web searches for dual Athlon install problems have turned up nothing. Anybody know anything?
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