[NTLUG:Discuss] Newbie - X ???

[Chris Cox]

I have been impressed and depressed with RH and Mandrake's HW detection....
YMMV.  In my opinion, SuSE has done a better job of testing things
out before putting them out for consumption.  There are many things
in RH 7.1 and Mandrake (even 8.1) that are still pretty broken (again
YMMV.. depends upon what you install).

RH 6.0 has more holes than swiss cheese... avoid... time to upgrade.
If the machine is on the Internet, won't take long before
being compromised.

David Neeley wrote:
> 
> A newer distribution would likely help a great deal. Also, you're going to
> get REALLY poor performance with 32 MB...especially if you intend to use
> KDE or Gnome.
> 
> If you like the Red Hat architecture, I think you'd be much happier with
> Mandrake. Although it has the basic underpinnings of Red Hat, it also has a
> superior installation capability with the best hardware detection in the
> business (although SuSE is catching up fast!).
> 
> By getting a newer distribution, you will also be getting a much-updated
> selection of drivers for the various video setups.
> 
> And by the way, what in the world is an "m/c"?
> 
> David
> 
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