RE: [Sussex] What distro?

[Steve Williams]

Paul,

I guess you won't be surprised to find me recommending Gentoo!

Apart from the compile time it's great.

Otherwise, (wash mouth out with soap) Debian Sarge.

Steve W.

-----Original Message-----
    From: "Paul Howard"<phowardcom at mac.com>
    Sent: 28/06/05 16:25:12
    To: "sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk"<sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
    Subject: [Sussex] What distro?
    
    I have been happily using Linspire as my distro of choice for about a year  
    and a half
    now but feel its time for a change.
    
    Now before everyone starts kicking Linspire, I know all the problems and  
    all the usual
    moans about it but it's still a damn good distro. The trouble is a lot of  
    the apps are
    getting way out of date from their CNR (click and run) wharehouse and I  
    want a distro
    that I can install any app I want onto rather than just the ones that they  
    have had time
    to update.
    
    I tried a recent (3.8) I think it was version of Knoppix but it didn't  
    work well with my
    hardware (Dell laptop) and the last time I tried Mandriva I wasn't that  
    impressed.
    
    So the question is - what distro to try next. I have always preffered  
    Debian based
    distros so far but would be willing to try an RPM based one.
    
    One thing it must handle well though is wireless networking. Linspire does  
    this
    wonderfully and detetcs and uses my laptops built in wifi perfectly.
    
    I have got a copy of Xandros Business edition 3 to try out but haven't had  
    time to
    fiddle with it yet.  Is it any good?
    
    Any suggestions?
    
    cheers
    
    -- 
    Paul Howard
    
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