[Gllug] distro debate
Jason Clifford
jason at ukpost.com
Thu Nov 14 18:11:24 UTC 2002
On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, SteveC wrote:
> I was thinking mandrake, or one of these next gen distros
> like lindows or something. Basically all he does is write
> essays and play mp3s/avis/mpegs and the box isn't on the
> net in any way. But I don't get to play with distros much
> so i'm looking for opinions on complete newbie distros...
> Running stuff under wine probably isn't too important, but
> nice.
What does he actually *want* from the box? You've said what you think he
does with it currently but the two may not be the same thing.
I'm currently using a RH 7.3 based desktop. I've added various things
along the way but not an enormous amount. I'm also occassionally using
Knoppix - the Debian based desktop distro on a CD.
Jason Clifford
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