[olug] Help me select a distrob

Tue Apr 18 23:57:47 UTC 2006

I agree.  I recently switched my server to Mandriva thinking that it'd 
make a better server software.  I was wrong.  Now just have to find time 
to switch back.  Maybe I'll try something more "fun" like Gentoo or Kororaa

Will Langford wrote:
> As an experiment, put a new version of the community Mandriva on a system to
> act as a server.
>
> It was missing libraries like readline, there were no development packages
> for it, etc.  Making postgres a bit ugly to use heh.
>
> Although I imagine it does fine as a desktop distro, I wouldn't suggest it
> for anything more "interesting".
>
> -Will
>
>
>
> On 4/18/06, Jake Churchill <jachurchill at cox.net> wrote:
>   
>> I used to use Mandriva and I'd definitely chose that over FC but I've
>> since switched to OpenSuse which like Mandrive requires installing some
>> 3rd party software but I really like it the best.
>>
>> Eric Lusk wrote:
>>     
>>> Mandriva is good, but if you're getting the free
>>> version, you'll want to install some additional
>>> packages that are left out, as compared to the Club
>>> version.
>>> Most of the items left out are still available for
>>> download, and pretty often as .rpm files.
>>> There is a Mandriva community site run by Mandriva,
>>> but I believe that parts of that are restricted to
>>> Club members, possibly more now than the last time I
>>> was there.  But I usually get my support on a
>>> per-program basis, so I haven't had to use them for a
>>> while...
>>>
>>> --- Nick Veys <psylence519 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>>> ----- 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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>>>>>> Operations Manager, Omaha Linux Users Group -
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