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plunkg Member Posts: 11 From: Cincinnati, OH, USA Registered: 01-23-2002 |
Anyone have any comments on what's the best Linux version? I have been 100% Gatesian for too long. ------------------ |
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Gift Member Posts: 85 From: Palatine, IL, USA Registered: 02-11-2001 |
I have tryed to use Mandrake Linux, because it was the "most user friendly" but it was missing the drivers for my ethernet card and printer. Which ment no internet, also some of the software bundeled seemed to be buggy. Hopefully they will get things worked out. Love in Christ |
Klumsy Administrator Posts: 1061 From: Port Angeles, WA, USA Registered: 10-25-2001 |
i liked mandrake.. i don't put much time into linux these days... but many of my linux geek friends swear by mandrake.. a year or two ago, i would have said go with corel linux, with corel and borland about to merge etc.... but that merger fell through , and corel was invested into by MS and corel linux bascialy died and didn't get past first base ------------------ |
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Ascent Member Posts: 64 From: Registered: 01-20-2001 |
I've messed with various versions of linux over the years... I recently installed Redhat 7.2 and I must say I'm pretty impressed with it, all around. It recognized most (if not all) of my hardware without having to really do anything, from the cdrom to the soundcard to the geforce2 mx, etc etc. It has a graphical interface that you can set up as well. You may want to clear off some space (a partition) and put linux on there -- I use a bootdisk for safety's sake (so it didn't have to overwrite the windows 2000 bootup, but if you're not using win2k/nt it shouldn't be a problem) but I boot between winnt/win2k/redhat 7.2 whenever I need to. And it was a snap to work with the cable modem, too. I set things up for dhcp and it all worked. Absolutely, by far, the easiest linux I've ever installed. I highly recommend Redhat. Also, because it's sold commercially and has a company backing it up, much of the high-end commercial software (And everything else) comes with a version for redhat. You can buy it in the stores pretty cheap, I think, or if you have a high speed connection, get it from redhat.com -Ascent |
Krylar Administrator Posts: 502 From: MD, USA Registered: 03-05-2001 |
Heya, I haven't played much with Linux but I found RedHat was pretty easy to install and get going. -Krylar ------------------ |
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plunkg Member Posts: 11 From: Cincinnati, OH, USA Registered: 01-23-2002 |
Yeah, think I'm settling on Red Hat. I have several smaller drives laying around, so I may try Mandrake too. Thanks all. ------------------ |
D-SIPL Moderator Posts: 1345 From: Maesteg, Wales Registered: 07-21-2001 |
I started off ny using Phat Linux it's linux's best kept secret!! --D-SIPL |
