Why are you hesitant to move to Linux?

[craftyc]

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Originally posted by FreeUS@Nov 9 2002, 01:07 PM
craftyc, have you any idea if there is a basic distro out there to download?. I mean if there are is a distro with the kernel and basic XWindow (everything ready to download).

Mandrake, Red Hat and SuSE are the best choices for newbies. They have a lot of software available on them and are very easy to use. I personally find them a bit bloated and klunky but thats only my opinion.

If you want to jump straight into the deep end I would suggest any source based distro (like Gentoo, LFS (Linux From Scratch), Sorcerer), Debian and Slackware because they give you complete control over your system. However this also means that you have to do a lot by yourself (including the install, maintenance, no hand-holding at all).

I personally use Gentoo but have tried Red Hat and Mandrake.

I hope this helps.

PS here are their respective links: -
Mandrake - /www.linux-mandrake.com
Red Hat - /www.redhat.com
SuSE - /www.suse.com
Gentoo - /www.gentoo.org
LFS - /www.linuxfromscratch.org
Sorcerer - /http://sorcerer.berlios.de/
Debian - /www.debian.org
Slackware - /www.slackware.org

[Stringent]

Id recommend Mandrake 9. Easy to setup and use.

Although I did manage to crashe the Java compiler on it. Threw a massive wobbly with legitamate code! Had to boot into Windows to sort out some errors!

[Leech]

I like RED HAT the best myself - Mandrake is to slow for me .. Also if you want to run windows appz on Linux, why not use VMWare and install a Windows os that way, you would have both os's on one system - When you want to run a windows prog, just turn it on and go .. I also found some progs for windows that also have linux counter parts.

Right now though I am seriously thinking about switching to mac, I want to learn OSX 10.2 Jaguar .. It's linux based.

[Stringent]

Unless VMWare have updated their program, it was having some teething problems with RedHat 8 and Mandrake 9. Ease of installing apps on Linux is something they need to improve on. RPM packages are good, but when you have to unzip and compile stuff its a pain. For me anyway.

I found Mandrake 9 much better than RH8 to be honest and faster.

[craftyc]

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Originally posted by Leech+Nov 11 2002, 07:17 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Leech @ Nov 11 2002, 07:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>OSX 10.2 Jaguar .. It's linux based.[/b]

Wrong. It's based on OpenBSD (or other Unix), but definately not Linux.

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RPM packages are good, but when you have to unzip and compile stuff its a pain. For me anyway.
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Dude how can you say that!? Only kidding. Wait until you get to RPM dependancy problems, then you're screwed. Debians package manager is supposed to be sweet, but I prefer the slickness of Portage (in Gentoo).