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What distro instead of Mandrake 9?
Name: Menokh Date: December 8, 2002 at 21:37:16 Pacific OS: Mandrake 9 CPU/Ram: 700mhz/256megabytes
Comment:
ARG!
I've been having some problems with Mandrake 9, most recent of which my system is slow, and Ksysgaurd claims that X is using 285 megs of ram(more then I have). It's not the first problem I've had with Mandrake 9 either.
Anyhow, I was wondering what the best non-mandrake distro would be for me. I am a Gnome fan, I don't use KDE, and I prefer the distro to have some sort of wizards and central control panel, and Gnome 2 needs to be included.
Name: sha Date: December 8, 2002 at 22:52:21 Pacific
Reply:
Mandrake 9 is very good for desktop, if you really want another distro, go in for redhat 8
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Response Number 2
Name: abatis Date: December 9, 2002 at 06:06:10 Pacific
Reply:
RH8 is a good solid platform and it features gnome. It will do everything you want. Also it is well supported.
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Response Number 3
Name: n0dez Date: December 9, 2002 at 10:13:50 Pacific
Reply:
Yeah, no doubt. Red Hat is better than Mandrake. Download it for free/Buy it for about $34.99 (including CDs, DVD and docs). Or just buy a book about Red Hat. Most of them includes RHL. www.redhat.com
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