Red Hat Linux

yeah my experince is you can have my copy of Mandrake 9.1....

I love microsoft instead but linux is ok I guess...

I've been using Mandrake for a few months now and I love it. I have tried SuSE, Red Hat, and Mandrake. There were things I did not like about each distro, but Mandrake seemed to stand out to me. SuSE sound did not seem to work so well, and Red Hat puts installed files in different directories than the common locations. With Mandrake I had no problem installing software and has better hardware support than I have seen in other distros I have tried. For a basic desktop insallation, you should use three partitions for GNU/Linux. A boot partition mounted as "/boot" at 100 MB (this is where your kernel will be), a swap partition set at double the RAM you have installed, and a root partition mounted as "/" (this is where all your apps and files will be). Keeping the kernel on a seperate partition improves stability. The best set-up has multiple partitions, but the set-up above is what I believe is all you need for a desktop system.
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Tech Cat, I installed mandrake today and liked it ok as far as changing enviroments, it was easier that Red Hat. The only thing is that i could not configure my DSL connection on mandrake. I tried everything today and ended up going back to Red hat. In Red Hat, I can't get to WM nor AS. Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. feel free to e-mail me. [email protected] I'm new to this as of this past Saturday. I really liked mandrake except for the fact couldn't connect my DSL. I can connect on Red Hat.


Thanks

Never mind Tech Cat, got the connection going in Mandrake. WooHoo

I have Red Hat on my other partition. I like it.

Just one little meaningless detail that blew me away. I noticed one day the language preferences. Being curious, I changed it from English to French. Bang! There it was, everything in French, no install necessary. There is a different version of Windows in every language. If you want to change your environment from one language to another, you have to buy a new version of Windows. The fact that Red Hat (or maybe it's a common Linux thing I don't know) lets you change your language on the fly blew my mind away.
I know for most of you this means nothing, but I was amazed.

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paxx: Multi-language support is common among the distros I have tried.

Jarget: Glad to hear you got your DSL working with Mandrake. GNU/Linux is a fun to use after you learn how to navigate through it.

Here some additional information that might help you get more enjoyment out of GNU/Linux:

1. Open Source Applications:
The best place to go to download applications for GNU/Linux is http://www.freshmeat.net/

2. Themes:
You can find themes for KDE at http://www.kde-look.org/ and themes for Gnome at http://art.gnome.org/

3. Windows Emulation:
If you find you would like to run your favorite Windows apps without rebooting into Windows, then Wine may be useful to you. the official Wine website is http://www.winehq.org/ You should be able to download Wine and find a database of Windows apps and info on how well they work under Wine. You can get a trial version of Crossover Office, a commercial version of Wine designed for running office software such as MS office, at http://www.codeweavers.com/ I use it to run MS Office and Internet Explorer. If you would like to try playing Windows games then there is a commercial version of Wine for gaming here: http://www.transgaming.com/ I prefer to play my Windows games under Windows, but for some reason some people want to be able to play all their PC games under GNU/Linux.