On Tuesday 28 August 2007 23:00, Dinesh Joshi wrote: > > > Also, over the years i've learnt that you should mix and match! > Experiment with differetn distros. Dont put any critical work on > your install.
U can put critical stuff subject to some discpline. Use a seperate disk / at least a seperate directory for critical data. Whenever u want to freak out with some experiment unmount your critical disk / partition. If it's a disk disconnect from the system. Learnt the above the hard way while messing around recovering crashed (sigh) windows 98 back in 99. > Try a few flavors of Linux and see which suits to the > best. I did that and finally settled with Redhat. Now i'm hooked > into Fedora 24x7 :) However avoid Novell-Suse like the plague (at least get rid of it within 180 days if u must taste forbidden fruit). Reason - you are in a legal limbo with that distro. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
