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Which Distribution?
I'm trying to find out which Linux distribution I should get.
Which distribution should I get? I've heard of loads, RedHat, SUSE, Caldera OpenLinux, Slackware, Mandrake, TurboLinux, FreeBSD to name a few.
Really, I would like to be able to run Win95, with Linux being ran when I run BootMagic or insert a floppy. I'm looking for something that easy to install really.
I had decided that Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 was the best one due to the installation program recognising that Win95 was also on the computer. But I've now found that I can only download the software. Unless someone sells just the CD's, or is willing to copy the CD's for me...
And is software compatiable between the distributions? It's just that I know some Unix distributions aren't.
Neil
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Linux is available from www.cheapbytes.com for very low prices. I am debating on whether to install Redhat or Mandrake. I'd like to know if it makes much difference. Thanks.
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An endless debate has been going on about the best distro. All of the newest distros are pretty much the same. However, if you're new to Linux, I'd recommend RedHat6.0, not because of usability because all distros are pretty usable. But because of the simple fact that it is the "standard" Linux persay, so if you every need some software, and you don't want to compile it, you'll probably be able to find it for Redhat. You can use RPMS on other distros also, but I'm not sure if the come with RedHat's package manager out of the box.
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Which distro used by most?
Which distro do you think is used by the most people? I think it's probably Red Hat. Though Turbo Linux seems to have quite a market share.
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Mandrake is the most downloaded at TuCows
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Seems like no one is really using Caldera 2.4. Don't know why? But I'm thinking of switching to RH 6.2 or Mandrake 7.0 as more people are using it so it seems it would be easier to get help with it. I'm still haveing trouble figuring out how to get Enlightenment and or GNOME to work in Caldera.
Fulmitz
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I use Caldera too,but it's a more "corporate" aimed distro,so not many people use it.I think i like it more than redhat.&-)
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One thing's for sure... the differences between the distros (in everyday use issues) are so damned querky, and seemingly random, that it's maddening http://forums.justlinux.com/images/i.../2000/11/1.gif http://forums.justlinux.com/images/i.../2000/11/1.gif. I know, 'cause I've tried Slack 4.0, RH 6.0, Netmax Server, Mandrake 7.0, and SuSE 6.3 (soon to try Caldera 2.4).
I've been hearing a lot about Mandrake, 'cause most agree it's the easiest for first time use. So that one gets my vote for the most used.
I sure would like to see another BSD style Linux distro... Slack seems to be the only game in town for BSD inits (yeah, I know... besides Open/Free/SecureBSD themselves).
System V inits are a sack of sh!t http://forums.justlinux.com/images/i.../2000/11/1.gif. BSD seems a more logical set up, for me anyways. Maybe I should add Slack 7 to that list, hmmm?!
ST
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I really like RedHat 6.2. They're fixed a whole bunch of crap from 6.1 that wasn't working, so I've permanently made the switch.
Jowei
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<joweilee> apt: start a distro war
<apt> redhat owns!
* dpkg slaps apt around a bit with a large trout
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I'd say either RedHat or Mandrake (definitely RedHat if you want to count all Mandrakes as RedHats). After that, probably Slackware. I've tried RedHat 6.1 and was pretty decently impressed by it, in fact, I might go back to it. Right now I'm running Mandrake 7, which has more up-to-date stuff than 6.1, but it also has a lot more annoying things about it (such as the mdk RPMs that don't like being upgraded to non-i586-optimized versions, I've found). I'm in the middle of putting Slack 7 and Debian Slink together, but the going is slow at best because of many other side projects I've got going. I've also got FreeBSD 4.0 installed, but have yet to use it ... I'm that busy http://forums.justlinux.com/images/i.../2000/10/1.gif
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Used by which audience? Most people of all catagories will be fairly hard since most people using it would be system administators for serving. Most end-users? Another toss up...
Anyways, I'm guessing RedHat in the U.S. due to their publicity and services.
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ryeker@syscord.com
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Using Caldera due to version 1.3 being included in the first book I bought. Had COL 2.2, 2.3 and now eDesktop 2.4
Never really had any problems installing them. IDE & SCSI drives, Desktop's and Laptop's all install with very little problems.
Enlightenment and VMWare to name a few, installed and worked the first time.
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Here's a little comparison provided by LinuxCare. Doesn't exactly answer your question (I don't know if anyone could really), but it may help you.
http://www.linuxcare.com/products/pr...+Distributions
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I've tried Caldera on three different machines and to be honest, I've never gotten it to work. It always hangs at LILO at "LI". I've never had this problem with other Linux distributions. I've installed SuSe, Slackware, RedHat and Debian. All of them install fine and get past LILO with no problems. The partition settings were all the same but for some reason Caldera refused to cooperate.
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