[H-GEN] linux iso's

[David Jericho]

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On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 09:30:43AM +1000, James Collins wrote:
>     Well I'm probably not the man to ask. I used slackware up until Redhat
> 4.1 came out, then switched Redhat. Never looked back. Mandrake is supposed
> to be more desktop oriented, but I've never had any exposure to that dist...
> I think DJ is a debian man these days??? Debian has some interesting package

I assume DJ is me (I can't think of anyone else on the Humbug lists
who has the initials DJ).

Hi James :)

I'm still a Red Hat man, I only lowered myself recently[1] so I could
install Linux easily on a HP PA-RISC box I have at home here.

The free Unix versions are really like clothing. Everyone has their
own style. It's just that some styles are more popular than others.[2]

> installation things, and can certainly run on a lot less disk space than
> Redhat...

Depending on how familiar you are with Red Hat, and if you install
stuff with the --excludedocs switch, Red Hat can get quite small.

Of course, not as small as something like NetBSD or Debian in its most
basic form.

[1] Yes, I am trolling ;)
[2] Red Hat is starting to wear suits I think.

-- 
David Jericho


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