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I've already tried all the stuff you are going to be testing. So far Mandrake
8.2 has to be one of the very best, if not the very best Linux distribution
for an average user.<br>
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<pre wrap="">Joe,<br>I will look into it. I currently have a copy of Mandrake 7.0, Red Hat 6.1,<br>Caldera, Turbolinux 4.0 and Storm Linux. I am just going through and<br>installing each to see how they work. Mostly, I am looking at learning and<br>being able to use Linux at a level that I can DOS/Windows. I am also<br>planning on FreeBSD at some point. I wrote up a simple plan in a previous<br>email concerning the kind of home netwrok I want to setup and how I want to<br>do my Current Harddrive. So there is a lot of planning and learning right<br>now. The main thing I like about Linux personally, is the control.<br>As to disagreeing, I could not based on my limited experience with Linux,<br>Red Hat and Mandrake.<br>Thanks,<br>Edward<br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Joe Linux" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:joelinux@earthlink.net"><joelinux@earthlink.net></a><br>To: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:luau@videl.ics.hawaii.edu"><
luau@videl.ics.hawaii.edu></a><br>Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 9:43 AM<br>Subject: Re: [luau] Aloha all / Hat 7.3 / Drake 8.2<br><br><br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">I would like to suggest you download or install Mandrake 8.2 instead and<br>be sure to set the security level in Mandrake to "high."<br>Having experimented extensively with RedHat 7.3 and actual successfully<br>used Mandrake 8.2 actually from beta 2; I can honestly attest to the<br>fact that Mandrake will be a much better end user experience.<br><br>Since Warren accuses me of making statements without supporting<br>arguments, here are the facts:<br><br>Mandrake 8.2 will most likely be easier to install than RedHat 7.3<br><br>Mandrake 8.2 has a more functional Control Panel than RedHat 7.3<br><br>It's easier to set up a wheel mouse in Mandrake 7.3.<br><br>Mandrake has a very nifty Windows style installer for auxiliary software.<br><br>Based on my experience Mandrake 8.2 is far more stable than RedHat 7.3<br>as RedHat 7.3 can at best only be described as bizarre.<br><br>Mandrake has a wider choice of GUI's, specifically ICEwm, which is fast,<br>stable, fully
configurable, and very user friendly once configured<br>properly.<br><br>KDE 3 (RedHat) is very nice looking but seems to exhibit instability<br>unless the cause is actually something else, but it's hard to tell<br>because RedHat gives you very limited choice of GUI's and doesn't even<br>include one of the very best.<br><br>These are my personal opinions, if you disagree, post your reasons but<br>don't counter my thoughts with arguments that I have poor attitude and<br>so on..<br><br><br>Edward Haddock wrote:<br><br></pre>
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<pre wrap=""> the latest version, 7.3. Do you have a CD burner?<br>If so, you can download the ISOs from:<br><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="ftp://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mirrors/iso/redhat-7.3/">ftp://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mirrors/iso/redhat-7.3/</a><br><br></pre>
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