Kent Thanks for the offer. I was starting in a simple user mode, not root. That was my original problem.
I have done some debating with myself about the distro issue and with the help of this group I have come to re-evaluate my choice of distro. I am going install Koppix 3.2 (something I didn't do before, just ran it in RAM) and examine Koppix 3.2 for a few days. I will be looking for some answers, I am sure. Brian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kent Loobey Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 8:22 AM To: The Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User Group's mail list Subject: Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH On Tuesday 03 June 2003 02:03 am, BAGGAB wrote: > Well, 30 minutes into this and everyone has their favorite distro. > > I was ready to use Koppix 3.2, but it didn't work on the e-machine I have > (system is loaded with RH 8.0 so its not like the last time - a bogus bios > setting.) > > The e-machine is a piece of junk and I don't really use it; maybe I should > get off it, stop crying and get back to work with Koppix. > > I know that RH is Microsoftish and I have noticed them moving the furniture > around. Time for some experimenting. I am willing to try to get your kppp problem fixed but I need a little more information about what you are doing. Knowing that you are starting it in root does not help me understand why you are chosing to do that. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of E > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 4:30 PM > To: The Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User Group's mail list > Subject: Re: [eug-lug]Jamie, why I'm using RH > > > In my opinion Debian is the linux distro that is best. > Granted, I pretty much exclusively use FreeBSD at this > point, from all my linux experiences, Debian holds up as tops. > > The main reason is that debian holds to a standard for each relase. > Whereas > red hat (for example) will change the location of a particular > config file from release to release, debian is more stable and > adheres to a standard. Documentation is better too, imo. > > Where config files are placed might not matter if you're only using the > gui X interface for management, but it can be a real pain in > the arse if you need to edit them "by hand". > > Ed > > --- Linux Rocks ! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
