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[Julian Hall]

Gerald Davies wrote:

>as a newbie i would stick with mandrake, but you'll find those that
>disagree.
>
Until recently I would have agreed.  However I recently installed 
Xandros which is Debian based, but very easy to install despite that.  
You basically get the Mandrake ease of install, but the Debian package 
update mechanism (DEB not RPM like Mandrake).  I had Mandrake about 2 
years but I'm warming to Xandros.  Another thing that is good (for 
ex-Windows users anyway) is that the File Manager has a very Windows way 
of displaying drives.

>  its horses for courses with these unix-like distros.
>
Very true.

>  every
>so often you'll find trends shifting towards a different new kid on
>the block (not the pop group - damn, now thats stuck in my head).
>
I think there's an ointment for that ;)

Cheers,

Julian