Subj : Re: Linux Distribution
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Patrick  McDonnell
Date : Thu Sep 16 2004 09:26 pm

Gator wrote:

> I have been playing around with Red Hat and Mandrake (all different
> releases) for about 1 year now. I just got a CD set of a bunch on Linux
> Distributions (Mandrake 10, Fedora 1, Debian 3.0 r2, Slackware 9.1,
> Yoper1.2, Gentoo 1.4_rc4, FreeBSD 5.2.1, and Vector Linux 4.0) as a
> present. I have a P3 600Mhz laptop with RAM and a 12 GB HDD. I am
> going to begin studying for my Linux+ Certification and I want some
> opinions on which distro would be the best to use.
> Any help would be great.
> Phil

I'm always amazed at the number of these questions which pop up.  My answer
usually is, "whichever one you like best."  I'd say try a couple out, and
see which one/s you like best.  Especially, if you already have the CD's. 
Its also worth noting that many of the versions you have listed above are
outdated - when making your decision, I recommend using the latest stable
version of the distros.  My point is, pick the distro that you feel most
comfortable with.  (Also, FreeBSD is not Linux, but you already knew that.)

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