Im thinking about trying gentoo also... now that I have the highspeed access its a doable thing (however I hear it will likelyt take about 20 hours to finsish the install as I have a slow CPU (550mhz).
Jamie On Monday 02 June 2003 04:28 pm, BAGGAB wrote: : Thanks Jamie : : Maybe I should be considering another disrto. I've tried Mandrake and : koppix, but I hear a lot of good buzz about Gentoo. : : Brian : : -----Original Message----- : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf : Of Linux Rocks ! : Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 2:01 AM : To: The Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User Group's mail list : Subject: Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH : : : Brian, : Well... if your priority is mainstream, then maybe you need Windows. As : far as I can tell, redhat is the microsoft of the linux community. Ive : spent a lot of time trying various linux's, and have found Mandrake to be : far superior to RedHat, its actually based on redhat, but it usually works : much better. If you like the way redhat does things, maybe mandrake is a : good thing for you to try. Alternatively SuSE is also very easy to install : and has : a decent userbase. Personally I prefer Slackware, but its not really a : newbie : type system (although it gets easier every new version...) : : Jamie : : On Monday 02 June 2003 03:27 pm, BAGGAB wrote: : : Jamie : : : : Thanks for the vote of confidence (it was kind of boneheaded of me for : : waiting so long.) : : : : I'm using RH because it is the mainstream distro. I have talked to many : : people outside of technical community. I would say that 75% have never : : even heard of Linux. So when Business Week highlighted Linux on their : : front cover I was excited. In that article it flatly stated "Linux : : Startups: Other then Red Hat, there's not much room for these small fry" : : and "Linux Purists: Linux developers who don't like the idea of working : : with : : capitalists had better get used to it." : : : : Now you and I may feel differently, but that's the perception (when there : : is one.) I just want the people I help to bring OSS mainstream to know : : the : : : front runner. These many other distro's are too perplexing (the many : : choices that is) to the novice user, who may never be a technician, but : : may : : : be willing to use Open Office if someone "holds their hand." : : : : Brian : : : : P.S. I am getting tired of the struggle. I have floated my idea for an : : educational website focusing on engineering and the environment to a : : local group, for the last time. If they are not interested I will go it : : alone and I won't much care about who knows OSS then and I will use what : : comes easiest. : : : : _______________________________________________ : : EuG-LUG mailing list : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug : : -- : Sigh. I like to think it's just the Linux people who want to be on : the "leading edge" so bad they walk right off the precipice. : -- Craig E. Groeschel : : _______________________________________________ : EuG-LUG mailing list : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug : : : _______________________________________________ : EuG-LUG mailing list : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug -- We all know Linux is great... it does infinite loops in 5 seconds. - Linus Torvalds about the superiority of Linux on the Amterdam Linux Symposium _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
