> Mandrake and Redhat are sort of the same thing. Mandrake is based on > Redhat but with some extra stuff tacked on. This is no longer true. Each Mandrake release used to be based on the corresponding redhat release, with a few mods. Mandrake has gone it's separate way now and the only real similarity that Mandrake really shares with Redhat is the use of rpm for package management (Suse and a couple others also use rpm). Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Brady Hegberg [mailto:bradyh at bitstream.net] > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 9:07 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: RE: [TCLUG] New to linux > > > Mandrake and Redhat are sort of the same thing. Mandrake is based on > Redhat but with some extra stuff tacked on. Redhat can be a > pretty good > distro when starting out because it's the most common one so > lots of people > are familiar with it and software/hardware can be easier to > get working > with it. > > As far as hardware goes check one of the following: > > www.linhardware.com > linux.com/hardware > > Oh yeah and if you like a windows type interface make sure > you install > Gnome and/or KDE when you install your distro. I love Gnome > myself and > version 1.4 just got released today. > > Brady > > >As for you asking what distributions are the best... I > think you probably > >just started a flame war. :) I like Mandrake for desktop > boxes, and debian > >for servers. I haven't used Slackware in a long time, so I > don't know how > >they are, and I don't really like RedHat, it seems to suck > for a desktop > >system, and for servers it works OK, although it installs tons of > >unnecessary crap. > > > >Jay > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Matt Waters [mailto:thefishyone at hotmail.com] > > > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 8:08 PM > > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > Subject: [TCLUG] New to linux > > > > > > > > > Hello. I just subscribed to this list last night, and am very > > > new to Linux, > > > so I preemptivly apologize if I ask a stupid question. > > > > > > Anyway, I used to run a redhat box on an i686 but took it > > > down because I > > > could never figure it out. After several months of cussing > > > out my windows > > > machine (I switched to Win2k, and although a massive > > > improvement over Win9x, > > > is still very buggy) and at the recomendation of a friend's > > > father who is a > > > huge UNIX guru, however, I decided to give Linux another try. > > > My 3 major > > > problems with getting Linux up and running are the fact that > > > I can't find a > > > modem anywhere that will work with Linux, my Voodoo3 and SB > > > Live cards don't > > > have drivers written for them that I know of, and the fact > > > that I have > > > virtually no experience with UNIX. If any of you would give > > > me the name of a > > > good, relatively cheap modem, point me to some Voodoo3/SB > > > Live drivers, or > > > give me a few pointers on how to learn Linux, it would be > > > most appreciated. > > > > > > Also, I know it's fairly subjective, but what distributions > > > do you guys > > > think work the best, based on your experience? > > > > > > The Fishy One's Infinite Wisdom #28: "Life is anything that > > > dies when you > > > stomp on it." > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > tclug-list mailing list > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >tclug-list mailing list > >tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >