Re: [newbie] Mandrake or Red Hat
On Thu, 07 Oct 1999, you wrote: Hello. I am going to build my own computer and I want Linux to be the OS. I have a CD with Linux Mandrake 6.0, but a friend offered me his Red Hat 6.0. Could you please tell me why should I stay with Mandrake? Mandrake is more "cutting-edge" than RedHat. It's got a newer X server and newer KDE, and generally newer versions of the apps (and MORE apps pre-installed) than RedHat. Unfortunately, you'll need to immediately upgrade your kernel and initscripts if you install Mandrake 6.0. There's a nasty bug that causes improper shutdown of the hard drive in the default Mandrake install. No big deal, just go get the new kernel and init scripts as soon as you install. :-) I'll use my box mainly for gaming and rendering raytracing, and I want a really good video card. What is the best option for Linux? I was thinkin on some Voodoo card. Voodoo is good, but you'll want to upgrade to the latest X server from Mandrake 6.1. Just go download the RPM from 6.1 and install it. :-) It's got drivers built-in for Voodoo. :-) John
[newbie] Mandrake or Red Hat
Hello. I am going to build my own computer and I want Linux to be the OS. I have a CD with Linux Mandrake 6.0, but a friend offered me his Red Hat 6.0. Could you please tell me why should I stay with Mandrake? I'll use my box mainly for gaming and rendering raytracing, and I want a really good video card. What is the best option for Linux? I was thinkin on some Voodoo card. Thanks. Hugo
RE: [newbie] Mandrake v. Red Hat - How close is close?
One other big difference - the pentium class optimizations. Original Message On 8/18/99, 6:38:36 AM, John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding RE: [newbie] Mandrake v. Red Hat - How close is close?: [snip] Unless I misunderstood you, you're saying you don't think KDE is integrated into RedHat? Well, if that's your understanding, that's an incorrect understanding KDE *is* integrated into RedHat. However, it's not the default Window Manager, Gnome is. THAT is the biggest GUI difference that and that Mandrake uses a newer version of KDE. My understanding of the biggest overall difference between Mandrake and RedHat is that Mandrake is RedHat with newer versions of the apps, kernel, etc.
[newbie] Mandrake v. Red Hat - How close is close?
I just told a Unix guy I know I was going to try and use Mandrake for doing some Web serving. He told me that he doesn't know that much about Linux, but that he'd heard Red Hat was the way to go for serving, because their socket layers were better. I imagine this is a debatable claim, but that's neither here nor there. I'm writing, because my understanding is that mandrake is just Red Hat with a better install program and some other stuff, but that the underlying code is identical. My friend's comment, though, made me want to question this. So is the only difference between REd Hat and Mandrake 'packaging', or am I wrong? Thanks, Chris
RE: [newbie] Mandrake v. Red Hat - How close is close?
My understanding is that the main difference is packageing. Having said that Red Hat 6.0 uses a different kernel (2.2.5 I think). Mandrake uses 2.2.9 which has a few security problems in it. On the Mandrake updates page it says that you need to upgrade the kernel in order to prevent a potential network security flaw. IF you are not going to be using a GUI (KDE integration is teh most noticeable difference between the two diatributions) it probably doesn't matter which one you use. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 18 August 1999 12:14 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake v. Red Hat - How close is close? I just told a Unix guy I know I was going to try and use Mandrake for doing some Web serving. He told me that he doesn't know that much about Linux, but that he'd heard Red Hat was the way to go for serving, because their socket layers were better. I imagine this is a debatable claim, but that's neither here nor there. I'm writing, because my understanding is that mandrake is just Red Hat with a better install program and some other stuff, but that the underlying code is identical. My friend's comment, though, made me want to question this. So is the only difference between REd Hat and Mandrake 'packaging', or am I wrong? Thanks, Chris
