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Subject: Re: Choosing a Linux distribution

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 08:05:37 03/05/05

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On March 05, 2005 at 10:03:06, Frank Phillips wrote:

>On March 05, 2005 at 08:17:24, Andrew Williams wrote:
>
>>On March 05, 2005 at 08:07:43, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>I'm considering to install Linux on my machine (AMD64) to run alongside Windows
>>>(fed up waiting for 64 bit Windows). I see that there are just too many Linux
>>>distributions to choose from, and it's very hard to see the forest through the
>>>trees. Redhat seems to be the most popular distribution, but I see that it is no
>>>longer free. So, what would you recommend (64 bit support is a must of course)?
>>>I considered Fedora, SUSE, Mandrake... but frankly I have no idea which one to
>>>choose. Any suggestion would be highly appreciated.
>>
>>Hi Omid,
>>
>>I've used SUSE for many years. I bought the boxed set of v9.2 professional and
>>the installer on the DVD recognized my AMD64 3200 and installed the 64-bit
>>version of the Linux kernel for it. It works fine, but I've had problems getting
>>things like DVDs to play, as SUSE doesn't include the correct plugin, and most
>>plugins you find on the net are 32-bit. I think you can get a SUSE Live CD from
>>the internet and try it out without committing to buying or even installing it
>>on your disk.
>>
>>Andrew
>
>
>Andrew
>
>Any SATA drives working with SUSE?  I am having difficulties with SATA on a Asus
>K8V (VIA southbridge controller rather than Promise) and Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
>rc1.
>
>Frank

Sorry, I don't know. I don't have SATA.

Andrew




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