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Date:      Mon, 21 Jun 2004 21:36:35 -0400
From:      Tom McLaughlin <tmclaugh@sdf.lonestar.org>
To:        Lloyd Hayes <wyoming_antelope@yahoo.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Org <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD weakness.
Message-ID:  <1087868195.834.212.camel@compass.straycat.dhs.org>
In-Reply-To: <40D6876E.8050005@yahoo.com>
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On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 02:59, Lloyd Hayes wrote:
> >Linux is for people who hate Micro$oft.
> >BSD is for people who love Unix.
> 
> Under these conditions, I guess that I need to go for Linux...
> 

I'f you're going to go with Linux then I'd recommend Mandrake.  Many
people would also recommend Suse as well but I never personally used
that so I can't vouch for it but you many want to give that a whirl. 
I'd stay away from Fedora though, I don't think it's meant for anyone
besides those willing to work on it when they find problems.

Mandrake has the Community Download edition available about a month I
think before the pay CD release.  It's a way for all the early adopters
to leach, find bugs, and kvetch before the people paying Mandrakesoft's
bills get their version. :)  Wait two weeks or so after the release for
the errata to flow in then install and run their update utility. 
Mandrake served me well for a number of years until I felt I needed
something different which is why I am here.  It's still the distribution
I'd recommend to anyone who doesn't feel like bothering with all the
internals.

Tom



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