[olug] Help me select a distrob

[Nick Veys]

It may be helpful for you to list out a few of your criteria you used
to narrow your search.  To be honest, FC5 seemed a little half-baked
at release time, though I know they have fixed many of the release
issues.

On 4/17/06, Charles Bird <thebirdman at operamail.com> wrote:
> either one is a pretty safe bet.
>
> I think there is alot more helpful users on FC5 than Mandriva. Having help is perhaps the most important thing when fresh into it.
>
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jon H. Larsen" <relayer at levania.org>
> > To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
> > Subject: Re: [olug] Help me select a distrob
> > Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 07:29:23 -0500 (CDT)
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 17 Apr 2006, HAB Boy wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:28:23 +0300
> > > From: HAB Boy <haobboy at gmail.com>
> > > Reply-To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> > > To: olug at olug.org
> > > Subject: [olug] Help me select a distrob
> > >
> > > Guys/Gals,
> > >
> > > I have done a lot of search to select a distro to switch from Win to
> > > Linux. Finally, I came up to two distros
> > >
> > > 1. Mandriva (Mandrake)
> > > 2. Fedora Core 5
> > >
> > > Can any of you help me making a choice and may be give me some of the
> > > pros and cons of both based on experience
> > >
> > > HAB
> >
> > Out of your list, I would choose Fedora Core 5.  Adding the packages to
> > Play DVDs, Movies and MP3s is pretty easy using yum or yumex, and I
> > haven't found a format I can't play yet.  Plus, FC5 is very current, as
> > it has the latest versions of Gnome and KDE to choose from.
> >
> > Jon L.
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