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On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 15:44 +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:50:37 +0100, Andrew Guard <<A HREF="mailto:andrew07@andrewguard.com">andrew07@andrewguard.com</A>> wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Paul Shepard wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> OK you got my interest.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> I have spent some time trying to understand Ubuntu and Linux now someone</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> introduces me to 'Fedora'</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">>> Whats the diference, whats best and where do I go from here...</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Wow what a loaded question. Choice one a stick with it for few months at</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> least 3/4. There really are 2 ways of doing things there Debian or Red</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Hat way of doing it. Now everyone has the own play on doing everything</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> but always seams to go back to them 2.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Debian = Ubuntu</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Red Hat = Fedora</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Windows = Is like sleaping</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Ubuntu = Is like walking</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Debian = Is like flying space shuttle.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Gentoo (stage one install) = is like walking into a space shuttle and trying to fly it whilst asleep. ;o)</FONT>
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Of course the Gentoo Stage 1 install is no longer supported - Stage 3 only. However, there are plenty of variations depending on how you want to tweak your machine.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Paul,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">For the time being if I were you I'd stick with whatever you're using currently. I've played with various versions of linux including SuSE, RedHat, Fedora, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo and Ubuntu. Out of all of these, I've found Ubuntu to be the most user friendly and Gentoo to be the most worthwhile (and steepest) learning curve. Of course, as with everyone on this list, you're experience will be far different from mine, but at the moment, stick to what you know!</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Hope this helps ina random way,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Matt.</FONT>
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