[ale] good linux

[Rod Young]

Debian can be frustrating to a newbie like myself. BUT I have learned a 
lot just tinkering with it. It is definatly for the underhood types. I 
knew that going in. That is why I chose it when I got back into linux.
Caldera is good. But if the install didn't go right I had problems 
finding the tools to fix. They are there it just that I was used to 
looking at things from the command line not from a gui perspective. Most 
of the time there is no problem though . Corel's distro is a very good 
one. Both it and caldera require a relativly modern machine with lots of 
ram though (GUI install). Most folk would find that statement strange but 
I deal with older legacy equimpnet. Which is why I like linux.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 06/15/2001, 8:32:04 AM, "Michael Gregoire <Michael Gregoire" 
<gregoire at cimedia.com> wrote regarding Re: [ale] good linux:


> Stephen Turner wrote:
> >
> > what linux distro do you reccomend and why?


> I'm more of a lurker, but I haven't seen any replys that tout Debian yet, 
so I
> figured I would give it a plug.  I recently installed it on a laptop, 
over the
> net from a cable modem connection.  The laptop doesn't have a cd-rom, and
> doing Suse over the net required more ram than I had.  So debian became 
the
> obvious choice a few diskettes to get started, and off to the races with 
the
> network install.  Anyway,  there is a steep learning curve, but apt-get I 
have
> just learned is absolutely wonderful to add desired software and update
> existing packages.

> My primary distribution I have been using lately is Suse and I have been
> pleased with it.  I, like a lot of people started on Slackware many years 
ago,
> and sometimes think about going back.


> Redhat 4.0 is the only other distribution I ever tried, and it left a bad
> taste in my mouth.  That is strictly a personal thing, and I honestly 
have
> nothing bad to say about Redhat.  I tried it and never had a reason to go
> back.

> My $0.02 worth.

> Michael Gregoire
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