[NTLUG:Discuss] red hat 7.1 viris mandrake 8.0

[Michael H. Collins]

While you and I may have differences with the politics of gcc,  a total 
newbie will not <IMHO>
be affected.  I was only promoting ease of use for a new guy.

Have fun.

I use Conectiva by the way.  More pure than Debian.

./aal wrote:

> "Michael H. Collins" wrote:
> 
>>get Mandrake ,  throw the cd in, boot the box and answer the questions
>>while following along in
>>the book and you can have it rockin' today.
>>
> 
> 
> or...
> wait till the corrected versions are released
> the poor choice of gcc's in RH7.1 & MDK8.0 are just asking for trouble
> 
> at least distros move fast(sometimes too fast)
> and dont take long to update, so wait a few weeks
> then go with MDK8.1(with GCC3.0), or whatever they call it
> 
> 
> ./aal
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