[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Dist.

[al]

mike wrote:
> 
>         Mandrake 7.1 Installs with more of the hardware ready to go.  ie; "no
> setup".  I try them all and threw down SuSE when I met Mandrake.  I
> almost liked Debian for a while.  It was a love/hate thing.
> 
> Mandrake generally sets up the sound and ide-scsi support ide cd burners
> without ones knowledge and nobody else does that.  Oh yes, the Scanner
> worked instantly too.  And this on 12 different machines in the last few
> weeks.
> 
>         But they all seem to work the same in command line.
> 
>         I just couldn't let Mandrake escape..
> 

Ditto



SuSe has(had?) some idiosyncrasies that limit the rpm binaries you
can choose from, as well as complicating some source compilations,
in my experience anyhow.

SuSe and Mandrake are definitely fully featured, easilly installed
distros for the novice and poweruser alike. I like the integration
in Mandrake.

eyes and ears,
aal