Maybe time for a new distro?

[Jerry Feldman]

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On 22 Jan 2004 09:58:36 -0500
brian <lists at karas.net> wrote:

> Been using Redhat for years (still have my 5.0 installation CD's and
> diskette from Redhat (am on 9.0 currently)).
> 
> Some would consider this a character flaw, I know, and don't really
> care.
> 
> However, I've been thinking recently of switching to a different
> distro, mostly for "because" reasons and partially to just try other
> things. I've also got a fair amount of Debian experience, FWIW.
> 
> My major wants/needs are:
> 	Support for my dual-head ATI card
> 	Gnome out-of-the-box (preferred)
> 	Some degree of mutli-media support ("stereophonic beeps" are
> 	usually
> sufficient for me)
> 	Ability to function well as a server for Mysql/perl/cgi type
> 	stuff 
> 	
> Any suggestions/ideas/comments/thoughts/flames welcome...
I've been happy with SuSE for the past couple of years. It has both
GNOME and KDe OOB. Nearlay all the software you want is available on the
installation DVD (or CDs). In includes OpenOffice.org1.1 on the DVD. I
have not checked if it supports ATI dual head. Also, SuSE is relatively
strong financially being part of Novell. Mandrake was recently in the
French bankruptcy court, but you can download MandrakeMove a standalone
bootable CD. (Knoppix is more complete and automatic and Dynebolic is
automatic). 

I downloaded MandrakeMove mainly for the disk partitioner, but qtparted
is pretty much the same. 

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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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