On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 09:15:23 +0100 Nick Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> implied:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > * On 21-01-02 at 09:03 > * ABrady said.... > > > On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 16:53:30 -0500 > > John P Verel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> implied: > > > > > If one were to move from, say, Red Hat to another distro, what > > > would be the most similar, and easiest to accomplish? > > > > Mandrake was an offshoot of Redhat. They're still similar, but > > Mandrake has gone off in slightly different directions. Even so, > > some RPMs can be installed interchangably, and many others only > > require the satisfying of some dependencies. Except for some tools, > > this would likely be one of the easiest possible transitions. > > I agree, Mandrake has a very similar feel to it but were I changing I > think I'd probably consider Debian or SuSe as I've so many good things > about both. I can't recommend Debian simply because I've tried installing it 10-15 times on 3 different machines with 2 different releases. It failed every time on a hardware issue. Not something weird, but relatively common hardware (aha152x module, aic7xxx module, a plain jane ATAPI cd drive). I can't recommedn SuSE because I bought a release a couple of years ago, but other priorities prevented me from ever installing it. Now that release is too old to even bother testing it, and I won't buy another until I'm sure I'll get around to testing it properly. I hear good things about both. I just can't put my name to them. OTH, I have installed Mandrake a few times, though it's been 2 or 3 relases back since the last. It seemed relatively good with the toying around I've done with it. > Interesting to note that several contributors to this thread were > using Outlook Express? I was at work at the time. I'm stuck using what work uses when I'm there, which is NT. I have no such limitation while at home as this email will show. I also made sure I turned outgoing mail to plain text when using Express Outhouse, something that more people should take the time to do before posting. -- Press every key to continue, any other key to quit. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
