[Lancaster] Help me select a distrob

[Martyn Welch]

Hi there,

I guess it's quite difficult for most Linux users to provide a balanced, 
unbiased opinion of which distribution is best for another to use. Most users 
have a favorite that they are likely to suggest and it ultimately will depend 
on what you want to use your computer for.

Out of the two, Mandrake (with it's default KDE deskop) is likely to feel a 
little more familiar to a recent windows convert and is likely (as far as I 
know) to have more wizards to aid setting up things like scanners, printers 
etc. As I said above, it ultimately depends on what you want to use your 
computer for.

I used Mandrake for a long time, I've since moved to (K)ubuntu and debain, I 
haven't used Fedora (more than having a vmware session lying around) so I 
really shouldn't comment to much on that.

I'd suggest trying a few and making up your own mind!

Martyn

On Monday 17 Apr 2006 11:41, HAB Boy wrote:
> Guys/Gals,
>
> I have done a lot of search to select a distro to switch from Win to
> Linux. Finally, I came up to two distros
>
> 1. Mandriva (Mandrake)
> 2. Fedora Core 5
>
> Can any of you help me making a choice and may be give me some of the
> pros and cons of both based on your experience.
>
> HAB
>
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Martyn Welch (welchm at comp.lancs.ac.uk)

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