Peter wrote: >Hi, > >having read all the replies I would almost be scared to go to a Linux OS. It >is not that difficult at all. With Fedora I would call the installation a >child's or grandma's play, however, would recommend to do the partitioning >yourself after having read how to go about it. > >As for me slackware is even easier and faster to install, however, can be >bitchy afterwards. I have used SUSE once a long time ago so I can not speak of >it today. At that time I was not impressed. > >When I switched to Linux I had no one to consult at all. Bought RedHat 5.2 >which had just come out, read carefully how to install, the had a very >comprehensive handbook, and have been with Linux ever since. There were some >problems in the beginning an account of my ignorance. I had only 16 MB RAM, a >very small HD and forgot what of a slow cycle of the processor resulting at >times in application crashes and what I call memory-run-aways. > >So just do it. > >Regards > > I bought Suse about a year ago. Very nice Distro with package management through Yast. My problem with it though, was that it does not come with a C compiler. If all youare installing is binary packeges, that's fine. I wanted to do some compiling from source though.
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