Amish K. Munshi wrote: > I am a silent observer at all the lists. But I am keen on knowing > about the Linux distributions you have tried. I just have a Red Hat > 7.0, 7.1 and an Caldera e-Desktop 2.4, the Caldera 2.4 and Red hat 7.0 > have very good speed of working but my modem is supported only on a > 2.4 kernel. So I have to use ResHat 7.1, I do not have a dedicated > internet connection so I can't download any distibutions for myself. > Can you tell me if this slow speed of execution is a problem with the > new 2.4 kernel, since I have a lot of memory(160 MB) and a pretty good > processor (5000 Mhz K6-2). Also which is your favourite distro and > why? > Sorry to ask you so many questions right at the first go, but I am > a newbie and want to enter the world of linux all alone in my friend > circle, and if I have to get a Linux distro then I have to buy a > Magazine that has a distro (That means a lot of waiting) or buy a > boxed product (which is expensive to try distro's for the first go). I > have been using 7.1 for a long time now. > Thanks and bye.
Amish, I assume that you found my name on the newbie list, so I am responding there. I tried several Linux distributions about 18 months ago, and they would all be considered out-of-date at this point. (Examples: Mandrake 7.2 and earlier, RedHat 6.0 and earlier, Caldera 2.4 and earlier, and some one ofs that don't come to mind at this time.) Of those, I liked Mandrake 7.2 the best. One criteria was an installation that worked on my hardware, another was software that I liked (and I ended up liking KDE more than GNome or anything else). Recently I tried RedHat 7.2 because someone donated a server for a project with RedHat 7.2 preinstalled. I tried installing it on one of my machines to have a testbed, but was not successful. I tried upgrading to Mandrake 8.0 and troktopel 3 but was not successful, have now been somewhat successful with Mandrake 8.1. IMHO, if you have a working installation of something like RedHat 7.1, stick with it until you find a limitation that requires that you change or upgrade. There is a fair amount of documentation available on RedHat (maybe more than any other Linux, but maybe Mandrake is catching up here). What part of the world are you in? Maybe I can send you Mandrake 7.2 or 8.1 if it doesn't cost much in postage (or import duties). Randy Kramer
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