Hari Yellina wrote: > I am just wondering , why u guys are using mandrake over other linux flavour > . Can u guys tell me the advantages,
Sorry if this is a duplicate -- my mail client died while sending and it suggested I try again -- I have made a few minor changes compared to the original if that does get through. I'm sure the answer varies. For me, I started Linux with a succesful install of Caldera 2.2, then collected 10 or so distributions from my local LUG, and tried to install them. Some installed fairly easily, some did not. IIRC, Caldera included kde and gnome (early versions), and kde just looked more "crisp" and readable. GNOME looked fuzzy and dark, so one criteria became something easy to install with an up-to=date kde. Mandrake 7.2 fit the bill for a while, then with the MandrakeFreq update to use kde 2.1. (I had tried to update kde using rpms, but it was just more than I could handle at that particular time.) Decided I'd try to update with Mandrake 8.0 and 8.1, had troubles with both -- finally got Mandrake 8.1 fairly well installed on a new computer. The new computer helped because of more memory, but hurt because of the hardware I chose (I think) -- a Matsonic MS8308EP motherboard with built in sound, video, NIC. I think the video is the problem, but I've never even tried to make sound work. At this point, Mandrake is a "habit". I did try RedHat 7.2 not too long ago, with lesser results than the Mandrake install. I'd be tempted to try SuSe next time I get a chance. People keep recommending Slackware to me, but I'm looking for more of the "install and go" type thing rather than play with the install, and my impression is that Slackware takes more tweaking. I think Debian's apt get feature sounds good, but in my brief tries, I did not get Debian installed. I think Mandrake has been commonly recognized as an easy to install distro for newbies, but still very up-to-date. YMMV. Randy Kramer
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