[Derry] CUPS for mandrake download

[Robert Brown]

At 01:59 01/02/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 01:18:25AM +0000, Robert Brown wrote:
><snip>?
>On a related subject, whats the preferred distro for DLUG? No prizes for
>guessing I use Debian, but whats other peoples distro of choice, and
>why?
>--
>Pete

For now its Mandake, but I am currently testing a few different distros, 
just in case Mandrake does go belly up. I'm forced to use Windows for while 
(have to use After Effects), so I have an opportunity to fiddle with 
various Linux distros, so far I have tried:

RedHat 8 works very well, but looks like it was made by Fisher Price.
Debian, I like a lot, but may take a while to get in to.
SuSE my all time favourite Linux distro. But it has strange quirks, eg the 
extra run level. Plus they send us free boxed sets. (Available to all Derry 
LUG users if you want them, plus stacks of Mdk 8.2 disks)
SCO-Caldera Linux, way way too Corporate and a crap installer.
Slackware, a bit like Debian, good but needs time to get in to.

Curently I am erring between SuSE and Debain, should Mandrake go tits-up.com.

I like Mandrake as its got a good installer and its the only distro that I 
have got my ADSL USB modem working under. I have to try other to see if 
they have improved since the last time I tried them as regards getting it 
going. Down sides to Mandrake? They sent us mousemats... ..but without the 
rubber bit, just the hard plastic top bit. yeah, thats useful(!)

-- 
Bye for now,
Robert Brown