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

date posted 13th January 2004 17:02

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> [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> >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".
> >
> >
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> I'd sum it up as "stunning" :^) Isn't Gentoo the one where you compile
> the packages as you install them? Might take a long time on a PII...

That's right, it is - and it will...

H3ll, Debian weenies are scared of Gentoo. Definitely NOT for those with
"little Linux experience".

> Having said that I was considering Gentoo for my system, but I still
> think Mandrake is a superb starting point.

Mandrake is excellent, and IMO SuSE 9 is even better, but they're overkill
for [a] this kind of job and [b] this kind of hardware.

Lycoris is free and has an excellent very XP-like look & feel. It's the
idea place to start an evaluation.

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