On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 19:47, csj wrote: > On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:14:38 +0200, > Manrtin Jungowski wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 15:07, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 22:29, sturla wrote: > > > > David Palmer. wrote: > > > > > > > > If I should advice somebody new to Linux, I would say > > > > RedHat, that's where I started. RedHat 9 has a great > > > > installer and contains anything a normal user will ever > > > > need, including OpenOffice.Org. > > > > > > Gak! And send him into Dependency Hell? > > What dependency hell are you talking about? Dependency hell only > happens when you want to install third-party applications. For > most people that would probably be only MPlayer or Xine (because > of the DVD and mp3 embargo), and the developers of these programs > have well-packaged RPMs (This is just from what I've read on > their lists). > > > Exactly. RedHat/SuSE/Mandrake may be great and easy to install > > - but that's about it.
I tried to upgrade Mandrake 8.0 from KDE 2.2.1 to 2.2.2, using Mdk's own RPMs (and SRPMs, for that matter). It never would work, even after I went as far as de-installing XFree. > I don't know about SuSE, But RedHat and Mandrake are a great way > to introduce Joe Average to the Linux revolution. For everybody > else, however, Debian. Libranet. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA LUKE: Is Perl better than Python? YODA: No... no... no. Quicker, easier, more seductive. LUKE: But how will I know why Python is better than Perl? YODA: You will know. When your code you try to read six months from now. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
