You probably saw the Fedora review on DistroWatch. I am something of a Mepis fan too. I am looking forward to their switching back to Debian. I think it will be a stronger OS then.
I may have to play around with Fedora in the future. Zale On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 18:55 +0000, Gary wrote: > --- In [email protected], Zale Dowlen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Gary: > > > > Sounds like you are quite techy. PCLOS is designed for the beginner > or > > the one that simply wants an OS that works. I have it on two > laptops, a > > Toshiba and a Sony. It runs really well on both. > > > > Your problems with updating via Synaptic are perplexing. I've not > had > > any trouble with that, nor have I ever run across anyone with that > > problem. Wish I could help you on that. > > > > Overall, thanks for the review. You are the only one I've heard put > > Fedora in the "beginner" category, but maybe that distribution has > > become easier to use and is not the "developers playground" as it > has > > been previously considered. > > > > Thanks > > Zale > > http://lexlocilinux.blogspot.com/ > > > Yeah, I'm tech-y, just not all that Linux-y yet. I've only been a > Linux user for a few months. > > An overview of distros I saw online (don't remember where anymore, > sorry) actually did put Fedora in the "Fairly easy but may require > some advanced knowledge" category...but I haven't needed any knowledge > more advanced than reading up on certain commands (like chmod) in the > Essential Commands Linux Pocket Guide ($9.95 at Borders) or the > ability to follow procedures that other folks have laid out. :) > > SimplyMEPIS was in that same category, but I haven't had any trouble > with that, either. > > I'm *sure* now the PCLOS/Synaptic issues on the cafe computer were > related to lack of disk space. After attempting to upgrade packages, > I discovered that I couldn't even log in anymore, except as root -- > some error about being unable to write to temp directory -- and that > hda1 (mountpoint=/) partition was 100% full, while hda5 (=/home) had > 1.2GB free. Since it was a near-virgin install, I had no compunction > about blowing it away; I manually changed the partitioning to a more > oldsk00l scheme...hda1 300MB=/boot, hda4 388MB=swap, hda5 2.8GB(i.e. > rest of drive)=/. Cafe owner won't ok spending any money at all for > better drive, *sigh*. But this may still work; as an internet kiosk, > not a lot of user junk will be permitted to collect. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
