[olug] Re: Help me select a distrob

[HAB Boy]

I am going to give Ubuntu a shot and see. I have and old Laptop which
I will use for trying other Linus Distros.



On 4/20/06, Eric Lusk <wyrmzr72 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I've been looking for another full distro to
> experiment with, just to have on my workstation.  I
> haven't used RedHat/Fedora since version 8.?, I think,
> and have kept with Mandrake/Mandriva because of the
> tools they have had for years, much of it just quick
> Xwin stuff to get things configured, which you can (of
> course) tweak to your liking at the CLI.
> I've kind of been looking at a different distro, for
> the sake of saying I've been there and done that, so
> will have to check that one out....
> My workstation needs some variety anyway :)
>
> --- Mario Steele <eumario at trilake.net> wrote:
>
> > Hey All,
> >
> > Just want to say, I'm back to watching the list a
> > bit more activly, since I
> > got myself a job, and such.  Anyways, noticed that
> > the subject kinda went
> > off into Left Field here, so I'll kinda track it
> > back to the original
> > Poster. FC and Mandrivia are both good distros, they
> > both have their
> > strengths, and their weaknesses, just as with any
> > Linux distro out there
> > you'll find.  But, I'm the kind of guy that likes
> > the ideal of "Try before
> > you Buy"  or in this case, "Try before you Install"
> > Cause, nothing is worse
> > then getting all the hype of how this is such a good
> > product, and you go to
> > install it onto your computer, and it messes up the
> > install, isn't as great
> > as you thought it was, or was lead to belive, for
> > your own personal
> > preferences, and other such things like that.
> >
> > This is where I bring my distro of Choice for thoes
> > who are looking to Try
> > before you Install.  PCLinuxOS.  It's a Branch off
> > of Mandrake (Not
> > Mandrivia) 8.0 or so.  The Maintainer of the Distro,
> > Texstar, has been a
> > major Supporter of Mandrake, creating a large
> > repository of RPM's and such
> > for Mandrake.  He split this off, and created his
> > own Linux Distro.  Texstar
> > took the LiveCD Project, and gave it a proper place
> > with PCLinuxOS, which
> > allows you to fully run a Linux Graphical Desktop
> > right from the CD.  Which
> > is an absolute best idea to come along.  It's
> > similar to how Gentoo does
> > their LiveCD, except, PCLinuxOS includes KDE, or
> > Gnome (Whichever you want
> > to choose), and allows you to even mount a USB
> > Thumbnail Hard Drive, to
> > mount as your home directory, so you can litterally
> > use your OS of Choice on
> > any computer, with USB Capability, to have your home
> > drive go with you.
> >
> > Ofcourse, there are some weaknesses, because it's
> > not even a full version
> > (Current version is Preview .92), but don't let that
> > fool ya.  It's packed
> > by default with all the 3rd Party Software Packages
> > like MPlayer, Media
> > Codecs for playing just about any possible Media
> > File currently available,
> > as well as Several Internet Software Suites,
> > Mozilla, Konqueror, gAIM,
> > Kompose, Thunderbird, and also includes Office
> > Software OpenOffice.  This is
> > just a small sampling of what is available.  If your
> > new to linux, and want
> > to keep your Windows Installation, while still being
> > able to explore Linux,
> > this would be what I would suggest, and if your
> > looking to convert fully
> > over to Linux, I would also suggest PCLinuxOS, cause
> > it does make an
> > excellent distro for installation.  (It comes with
> > an Installer GUI that you
> > can launch once your logged into the Main Desktop)
> >
> > Well, hope to be around a bit more,  L8ers,
> >
> > Mario Steele
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "HAB Boy" <haobboy at gmail.com>
> > To: <olug at olug.org>
> > Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 5:28 AM
> > 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
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