[luau] Aloha all / Hat 7.3 / Drake 8.2

[W. Wayne Liauh]

George (i.e., Joe Linux) is probably the only person on the island who 
has tried essentially every Linux distro on earth.  I know he has at 
least tried Mandrake 8.2, Red Hat 7.3, SuSE 8 (by me on his behalf), 
Caldera 3.1.1, Lycoris (previously called Redmond Linux), Xandros, ELX 
(from India), TurboLinux, Vector Linux 2.5 (which he was heavily 
involved in the development), Slackware, and perhaps a few others that I 
am not aware of.  His experience in desktop Linux is truly invaluable 
(but unfortunately not much appreciated here).

I don't think a Linux server guru will use a stock Linux distro without 
some customization.  Why should we expect a Linux desktop user will be 
satisfied with a stock Linux distro.

For desktops, the main criteria are ease of installation (which includes 
hardware detection), stability, whether they can be easily customized to 
your liking, and whether they will run your programs.

I used to like SuSE 7.3 a lot, but, as influenced by George, I am now 
firmly in the Mandrake 8.2 camp.  I have not tried Red Hat 7.3 yet, but 
I heard it has problems with Win4Lin 4.0.  I am sure this problem will 
be solved sooner or later.  However, as George told me, Red Hat 7.3 does 
not seem accommodate IceWM, plus so far I am quite pleased with Mandrake 
8.2, I don't see any need to play with Red Hat 7.3.

IceWM (with customization) is a very important part of business Linux 
desktops equation.  In order to entice Windows users to the Linux camp, 
you would want your desktop to take as little time as possible to load, 
and it should be absolutely stable.


Peace


wayne


R. Scott Belford wrote:

> Edward,
>
> You are more man than most.  Mandrake and Red Hat have come a long way 
> since the versions you have .  So has Turbolinux, and I imagine you 
> have an earlier version of Caldera there with you.  These are all the 
> versions where I started piddling with Linux.  I loved to and still 
> love to play with installing different distro's, so I respect your 
> endeavor.  If you can make it to the Installfest, I am sure some of us 
> can share some more recent CD's with you (if you have no burner) so 
> that your experience can be with the "best" these distributors have to 
> offer.  You may learn less since each distro has gotten happier, 
> easier, and more friendly, but that's okay.  Throw Suse in the mix.  I 
> have not tried it in years, but several list members use it and seem 
> to like it alot.
>
> have fun
>
> scott
>
>
> On Sunday, May 26, 2002, at 11:26 AM, Edward Haddock wrote:
>
>> Joe,
>> I will look into it. I currently have a copy of Mandrake 7.0, Red Hat 
>> 6.1,
>> Caldera, Turbolinux 4.0 and  Storm Linux. I am just going through and
>> installing each to see how they work.  Mostly, I am looking at 
>> learning and
>> being able to use Linux at a level that I can DOS/Windows. I am also
>> planning on FreeBSD at some point .............
>
>
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