Subj : Re: Which Linux     Options?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : xaos
Date : Thu Aug 05 2004 06:26 pm

Mike Rappe wrote:
> Sorry if this has been ask many times before. I have had Red Hat 7.1 on an
> old PC. I bought The RH 7.1 Pro
> in a store several years ago. Later I bought the book: Red Hat Linux 8 Bible
> which came with 3 CDs which had a whole
> implementation of RH as far as I could see (without the source and Docs). I
> have not been able to use it much in the last 1.5 yrs
> due to work and school but I was looking to maybe upgrade to a newer version
> and spend some time with it. I went to install the
> RH 8 CDs on another machine and found that my CDs were messed up. Somehow
> they were scratched and I cannot install from them.
> When I went to the store now they only sell the desktop version and I want
> to play with the sever aspects of the machine also since I have
> other PCs for for school and work (I have to use Windows 2000 or XP for
> those) desktop use. Red Hat seems to no longer sell a regular
> version and and when I look at there web site it looks like anything that I
> would be interested in is very expensive so I think that I will have
> to choose one of the other sources. The store sells the SUSIE Linux and I
> haven't seen Mandrake in there for a while. I know that
> everyone has different opinnions so I would like to ask for some options and
> why you like one option over the others. I want to use an all
> around system for development of applications and to edxperinent with. I
> have worked in IT for 28 yrs so I am not a newbie but am not an OS guru
> either. I am more of an application developer.A very good alternative (my linux experience is very limited)
> Mike Rappe
> NoSpam-mrappe@houston.rr.com
> NoSpam-mike.rappe@hp.com
> 

I'm a new linux user with a strong tech bg. My linux experience is 
limited to Knoppix, Lindows and Mepis.  Knoppix is great - however there 
   is no root user for it, which makes it odd. Lindows, I have never 
actually used, but got it on sale for $10.
Mepis is a very nice distro of linux and (as all linux's [lini?] are) 
it's getting better.
	It's a three-in-one Live CD, Installer and Repair disk/iso.
I'm not sure if it's self propagated propaganda or honest reporting, 
(seems right to me) , but many users of other distros laud mepis for 
it's worthiness above others.
	http://mepis.org/
The Live Install (Many Disrtos have this wonderfull thing) lets you know 
right off whether you can boot right into a workable system or punch, 
kick, apt-get, scream and compile into a workable system.  (or fit more 
suitable hardware.)
Mepis 2004.10.2 is the rock that my old machine lives on and 
'Simply-Mepis' is the unstable precipice that my new machine treads. 
(my old homebrewed k7 wears mepis so comfortably, and the new machine 
had to get major refitting [nvidia %& sb 5.1] 'cuz I's too stupid to 
force it to work- even knoppix had glitches in the sound with the old 
hardware)

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