[ale] Linux Distributions

[Geoffrey]

Mark Schill wrote:
>  Greetings,
>  I have played around with Linux for many years, but I have always stuck 
> with the big boys. IE Red Hat and SUSE. I know there are more distributions 
> out there and wanted to get input on what the members of the linux community 
> use and why.

SuSE 9.3 for my personal use, as I find it to be the best install, best 
hardware recognition, good selection of software included.  Love YAST.

Red Hat 4 on my laptop for work, primarily because that's the target for 
my client.  Too pricey for personal use in comparison to SuSE and Yast 
kicks the foo out of the various Red Hat configuration/install tools.

Mandrake, not too much anymore, but I'm still a member of the Mandrake 
club.  I find Mandrake is falling behind in quality in comparison to Red 
Hat and SuSE.  Mandrake configuration and install gui beats Red Hat as 
well though.

Slackware, when you want the smallest install footprint.  When you 
really want to learn what Linux is all about. :)  When you want to build 
your own kernels.

MandrakeMove with usb key.  A great way to work anywhere and save your 
efforts.  Especially with my new 1gig usb drive. :)

I've played with Sun's Java workstation.  Not impressed.
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Until later, Geoffrey