Converting "Dozies" (was Re: [ale] OT: winxp upgrade...)

Mark Walters mwalters at coe.uga.edu
Mon Jan 6 17:42:43 EST 2003


I've never played around with SuSe I guess because  I'm mostly a RedHat 
guy.  How do you like SuSe? Would you recommend it to someone as a 
replacement for RedHat on thier desktop? I used to download and play with 
different distros but as I get older time gets thinner.  

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Mark Walters
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On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Geoffrey wrote:

> Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > I bought a boxed SuSe once but for the most part I download whatever
> > distro I care to mess with that's available for free download.
> 
> I do much the same.  I've purchased two copies of SuSE, (8.1 just last 
> week).  I've purchased a couple box sets of RH, one of Mandrake, and one 
> of TurboLinux.
> 
> > But I also want to be able
> > to Linux up 20 machines at no additional cost and I want to be able to
> > formulate my own distro or modify an existing one if I care to do that.
> 
> We again agree.  This is one reason I don't have a big problem with 
> spending the bucks for a box set, although I've downloaded many more 
> then I've purchased.
> 
> > I am not moved to jump out and throw money at Mandrake in response to
> > their recent pleas if only because I don't know how they got in trouble
> > and I'm not in a position to know.
> 
> Go and read the info regarding their financial problems.  They're pretty 
> honest.  Talks about how they pulled in some suits to expand and figured 
> out that's not the way to go.  They're trying to get back to the basics. 
>   I did pay the $60 and joined the club, because I use Mandrake quite a 
> bit and feel it's an investment in Linux.
> 
> 

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