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

date posted 15th January 2004 15:45

> > > So use XFree86 3,then?
> >
> > Not an option on any modern distro.
>
> I'm pretty sure that Mandrake 9.1 gave me the choice...

Don't think it did here. Pretty sure 9.2 doesn't.

> > > No, GNOME and KDE defaults are slower than they used to be.
> > > If you want a nice lightweight WM incidentally, I'd recommend
> > > FluxBox
> >
> > Yes, I've seen it, very nice for what it does, but you're still not
> > addressing the question, which was what is a good distro AS A
> > REPLACEMENT
> > FOR WINDOWS XP!
>
> It's called "thread drift".

:¬) I know. But it's not helpful this time, is it? Fun, yes, but...

> Anyway, if you insist on sticking to the subject, I was pretty
> unimpressed
> with Xandros, which is supposed to be a Windows-user distro.
> During the install I found you couldn't switch to the monitoring
> consoles
> (sorry, don't know what the "official" term is) using Ctrl-Alt-F1 etc.

It didn't? I missed that. Or thought it did. Small issue, though, and made
up for by good manuals and safe-boot options.


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