That's two stong votes for SuSE, and two stong votes for Slackware. Oh the choices... Good to know I'll have people there to help out though :) --- Bruce Broecker <bruce.broecker at toro.com> wrote: > I also recommend SuSE, and will be at the installfest all day. I've got > copies of 7.2, 8.1, and 8.2 (all professional versions). > > Bruce > > Bruce Broecker > Network Comm Supervisor > The Toro Company > > > >>> jack at jacku.com 09/09/03 09:52PM >>> > On Tuesday 09 September 2003 01:37 pm, Joel Dick wrote: > > idea why). So, my choices are, try to install Mandrake again, or Go > with > > either Suse or RedHat (their current versions). I'm looking for > whatever > > one works good with a dual boot scenario, and has the best features > for a > > guy that's still learning the ropes, but isn't entirely new to the > world > > of linux. It's not that I'm really unhappy with mandrake either, > perhaps > > having someone give me a hand with the install would be helpful even. > > > > As I always do to these types of requests, I'll suggest SuSE. I too > started > with Slackware, used Caldera for a while, tried debian, and have used > SuSE > for almost 4 years, (looks at shelf with old CDs) since 6.2. A recently > had > to rebuild my system after a hard drive failure. This system has been a > dual > boot so I left space (a FAT32 partition) for a Win 98 SE install but > haven't > done that yet. The SuSE 8.2 setup detected the FAT32 partition, assumed > a > Windows install and added a boot option to Grub. > > In the time I've used SuSE I've installed it on a bunch of systems with > almost > no issues. This includes several laptops. Recently I purchase a TV > Tuner/Capture card and the system detected the card and it setup very > easily. > > As usual I'll be at the installfest for a while on Saturday if you > decide to > go SuSE. ;-) > -- > Jack Ungerleider > jack at jacku.com > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list