[Sderby] Re: Linux Operating System

[michael]

Hi James,
Thank you for your help I need the large hard drive for video editing 
and burning dvds and cds both with Videos and Photographs otherwise 
I would have a smaller computer setup.
Michael.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Gibbon" <james.gibbon at virgin.net>
To: "South Derby LUG General Mailing List" <sderby at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 5:52 PM
Subject: [Sderby] Re: Linux Operating System


> On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 16:49:33 -0000
> "michael" <michael at mjhall.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Members,
>> I have just bought a AMD 64 3200 computer with 
>> a dual layer dvd writer and a 200 gig hard drive.
>> I have a copy of SuSE 9.1 but wondered if anyone 
>> can tell me if this is the best version to use or can sugest 
>> a better version or another linux opperating system.
> 
> Congratulations!
> 
> There is no 'best' Linux distro, all the various brands have
> their supporters and detractors.  I personally favour
> Mandrake or Fedora for my main machine as I find that they
> are friendly and my favourite applications are well supported
> (I use synaptic to obtain and install the rpm files).  I like to use
> Slackware for my laptop; it's an older machine with less memory
> and runs much snappier and more responsively, even using
> KDE, than any of the other distros I've tried.  That won't be
> an issue for you though I don't think, since you have a nice
> modern whizz-bang box.
> 
> I've often had showstopper problems with SuSE, and
> haven't got on with it in general, but others have had
> different experiences of course, inevitably since we all
> use different combinations of hardware, window managers
> and applications, and differing levels of expertise and
> experience.
> 
> James
> 
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