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Old 12-12-2003, 09:13 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Mandrake vs Redhat? Which do you prefer?

Feel free to mention other Linux flavors...

I've been working with Redhat for a while, but I think I prefer Mandrake.
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Old 12-12-2003, 09:15 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I think of Mandrake as more polished (appearance wise), but personally, I prefer RedHat. Were I installing one for someone who had never used Linux, I would install Mandrake--for me, RedHat.
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Old 12-12-2003, 09:44 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Redhat, easily. The Mandrake default install (a couple of years ago at least) opened all sorts of ports that there was no need for, and is generally less secure than other distros.
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Old 12-12-2003, 11:04 AM   #4 (permalink)
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I use Mandrake, but not because I have a real strong preference in the matter. It's just the one I installed, got stable, and use.
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Old 12-12-2003, 11:12 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I really have had the best/easiest time with Suse.

I'm no expert, far from it, but RedHat 9 seemed to take a step in the Windows direction... They started to use proprietary methods that made certain software and other things unusable. Maybe this isn't a problem anymore, but it was last time I checked it out. Oh, that, and isn't RedHat (personal edition or whatever) no longer supported? There's the Fedora project now... I forget exactly what that means tho.

Now, Suse I had a ball with. Installation went 100% without a hitch, haven't had significant problems compiling and installing software, Yast seems to be a competant utility for updating your system... So yea, that's what I recommend.

p.s. like I said, I'm no expert, probably bordering on beginner, actually. i'd like to hear if any of my impressions are false.
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Old 12-12-2003, 12:09 PM   #6 (permalink)
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No expert here either. I'm mostly on unix/irix, but for my home pc I've had Slackware and RedHat. Some geek friends of mine reccomended Debian, but then I had already installed the new RedHat 9. Some old libraries there, and afaik they've disabled the update feature for free installs. But once I installed apt, upgrading was a piece of cake.
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Old 12-12-2003, 01:04 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I really have had the best/easiest time with Suse.

Now, Suse I had a ball with. Installation went 100% without a hitch, haven't had significant problems compiling and installing software, Yast seems to be a competant utility for updating your system... So yea, that's what I recommend.

p.s. like I said, I'm no expert, probably bordering on beginner, actually. i'd like to hear if any of my impressions are false.
I've always liked Suse. I use Gentoo now, but when I started with Linux Suse went so much smoother for me than RedHat. Unfortunately they have some proprietary stuff in there as well, which is why you can't download ISO images. They do have a network install option that removes the offending proprietary stuff.
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Old 12-12-2003, 03:00 PM   #8 (permalink)
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i started off with mandrake, but since then i've come along way and now use freeBSD. Its alot easier to install stuff, manage and move around in all together. You can install any GUI on it, and atm i've been using gnome, but on another account my boyfriend uses fluxbox. I'd use fluxbox to, but the resolution is so high (1600x1200) and i have trouble seeing everything :P

www.freeBSD.org

freeBSD is unix, not linux, but once you use one, there doesn't seem to be much of a difference.
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Old 12-14-2003, 09:35 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Started with RedHat 5 years ago... Still sticking to it... Tried couple of other distros (Debian, Suse) in the meantime, but always went back to RedHat...
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Old 12-14-2003, 01:35 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I recently moved from Mandrake to Debian (which I installed via Knoppix). I love it. apt-get is God's gift to man... Stable, fast, and anything I want is an apt-get away.
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Old 12-14-2003, 11:54 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I recently moved from Mandrake to Debian (which I installed via Knoppix). I love it. apt-get is God's gift to man... Stable, fast, and anything I want is an apt-get away.
Just so you know.. they have versions of apt-get for RedHat.. possibly Mandrake too.

I love apt-get's system as well. So easy to just select and install.
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Old 12-15-2003, 01:58 AM   #12 (permalink)
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I prefer mandrake over redhat. out of the box, mandrake supports reading ntfs partitions and can play mp3s... for redhat u have to dl stuff to be able to do it, or for ntfs support recompile the kernel, although the rpm u can download is much easier.
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Old 12-15-2003, 02:57 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Old 12-15-2003, 06:28 AM   #14 (permalink)
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I'm a gentoo fan myself. I am by no means a guru, but I enjoy gentoo because it challenges me to learn more about linux. It isn't just a 'toss your install cd in and go' distro. You actually have to configure things to get it to work right.
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