[H-GEN] Question from a wannabe Linux newbie.
Christopher Biggs
chris at epipe.com.au
Thu Jan 16 02:01:13 EST 2003
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David Jericho <david.jericho at bytecomm.com.au> moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake thusly:
>
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 02:54:54PM +1000, Ewan Edwards wrote:
>> My answer to him was, "I suggest Redhat 7.3 because I'm biased.".
>> Others in the office have suggested Mandrake because thats what they use.
>
> I don't use RedHat 8.0 at the moment, but I will say RedHat 8.0. Very
> nicely polished, and quite user friendly.
>
I'm a hardcore anti-glitz bigot (Debian and *BSD at work, Debian at
home), but I concur that Red Hat 8 sure looks spiffy, and meets your
criteria. I'd recommend it for a first timer, but caution that its
installer is somewhat brittle, so have a guru on call.
--cjb
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