Hi All Hope I am not sticking my keyboard in my mouth but here are a few thoughts on the latest version of the three major commercial distribution and Debian.
Redhat - seems to be focused toward servers and uniform workstations for corporate America. Single choice of desktop - The Bluecurve. Redhat seems to be headed away from the individual. Mandrake - seems to be more focused toward individual choice than corporate choice of content but be aware Mandrake appears to be a "me too" company in regards to coping Redhat. SuSE - Best distribution if you desire standard configuration and nothing else. If you desire non standard configuration this is not the distribution for you. Debian - Can be very difficult to install if you do not have standard components - cards, hard drives, floppy drives, video cards, et. Installation of Debian should not be tried by newbies. Installation of Debian in a laptop is not recommend unless the installer is extremely advanced due to manufacturers use of non stand components. It is recommended that one acquire the commercial box sets for the commercial distributions or a commercial generated CD set for Debian. For Debian try a company like Cheap Bites. For Redhat, Mandrake, and SuSE it is highly recommended that the most expensive professional box set be acquired. The difference in cost is well worth the additional funds. It is not recommend that one attempt to install, update, or replace system components - this does not refer to individual programs - unless one is extremely advanced. This especially applies to the core. Frank - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
