Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks

date posted 13th January 2004 16:17

Dom wrote:
>> After that I seriously recommend gentoo, the install instructions
>> are very
>
> I thought gentoo was a non-noob distro?

No matter what distro you pick, you will and some point find yourself at the
command line fiddling with configuration files. Gentoo just starts you off
on the right track.

>
>> I don't suggest you bother with Mandrake, I had been running it here
>> for the last few years and can sum up all my experiences in a single
>> word "broken".
>
> In what ways? I'm running it here but may move to something else.

Bundled configuration utilities that only work under the narrowest of
circumstances or simply don't do what they are supposed to were the biggest
cause of my headaches, compounded by a release dates being set by the bean
counters and not on dependant on release suitability.

Classic example (I forget which major version), we were running a .1 release
and .2 RC was announced on the same day as the .2 release date, leaving
little over a week to get the RC out, tested, debugged and sent to the
presses. Needless to say, the final .2 was utter crud

The community has got to be one of the worst I have ever encountered, beset
by constant religious warfare, trolls and some of the most disturbing
fanatics that represent the very worst that Linux has to offer (many of
which don't even run Mandrake). Simple questions often being met with RTFM
and personal insults (usually from anonymous cowards)

And whatever you do, don't even think about compiling anything from source
unless you really know what your doing and are prepared to spend hours
fiddling.

The constant begging for money is also a drag.

The installer is nice tho.

Rick

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