Sorry to top post. This was an excellent post Glynn. I spent ages installing redhat, mandrake, debian, sorcerer, slackware, you name it. I settled on gentoo eventually.
One problem with choosing one distro and settling on it is that they all have problems from time to time. The current ubuntu is a case in point. At least two of the wireless drivers which they have merged into the kernel do not seem to work properly all of the time [1][2]. (Actually suggesting mepis in this context is largely unhelpful because they use the ubuntu kernel packages). However both of those drivers can be fixed or worked around with ease from what google tells me. [3] Certainly not worth a distro change. [1] there have been other well publicised problems with the release too [2] specifically bcm43xx and zd1211 [3] the specific advice for bcm43xx is to flag it and use ndiswrapper, for zd1211 is to download and compile a more recent driver version. On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:28:41 -0700 Glynn Foster wrote: > > > Don Gould wrote: > > Quick thought... thanks to every one who's suggested a distro change is > > the best option... > > > > In this instance I've decided it's not. > > Right! Absolutely 100% right! > > I'd encourage *everyone* to just pick one distribution and spend a > decent amount of time learning about it. Don't upgrade, don't switch, > just stick to one for long enough to figure it out. > > This whole 'distro of the week' thing bugs the crap out of me. No one > distribution is better than all the rest - it's a set of compromises, > but what is true is that they're all based off a relatively predictable > set of base elements. Learn them. Ask questions and learn by them. > > Remember that CLUG isn't always the best forum for your question. The > various open source communities didn't grow up by the constant hand > holding that's going on here - at the end of the day, it's up to you to > put in the long hours [1]. > > And trust me, the next stage is far more fun - you could be installing > distributions for the rest of your life, but actually scratching your > own itch either by contributions to existing communities or starting a > new one is where it's at. OSCON last week was a good reminder of it, and > I had a chance to meet many people with the JFDI mentality. > > > > Glynn > > [1] And yes, you could argue that all this stuff should 'just work', but > we're not quite there yet, and you guys are the early adopters who > are more technically educated to work this stuff out..or give it a > decent try. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
