On Sunday 10 March 2002 05:33 am, you wrote: > Hi. > > I am just wondering , why u guys are using mandrake over other linux > flavour . Can u guys tell me the advantages, >
I started by installing RedHat 5.1 and the concurrent versions of Debian, Slackware and SuSE. I was most successful with Red Hat, but as I gained experience with it, I wound up having a number of patches and fixes and tweaks that I applied to it. Mandrake 5.2 solved most of these problems for me, espcially since I like KDE and Red Hat selected GNOME for their default desktop. Since then, I have enjoyed the feature set of Mandrake, including its ability to autodetect my hardware and set a number of features up automagically. There are, of course, still tweaks and fixes to apply. Recently, while writing three chapters for the current Red Hat Linux 7.2 Unleashed, I had the opportunity to revisit Red Hat and frankly did not care for what I experienced. Mandrake offers a much more polished desktop user experience. I also gained a renewed appreciation for the Mandrake suite of configuration tools. For now, Mandrake continues to be a good choice because they continue to focus on the user interface and the automation of tasks with as much fervor as they focus on including the "latest and greatest"; the best of both worlds. If I had to give up Mandrake, though, it would probably be for SUSE. -- Hoyt http://www.maximumhoyt.com There are no dumb questions; only dumb bosses.
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