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Subject: Re: Off Topic: Flavors of Linux

Author: Dan Homan

Date: 06:22:09 01/21/00

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On January 20, 2000 at 18:44:46, Larry Applebaum wrote:

>Even though I make my living writing software for Windows
>platforms (mostly) and OpenVMS (not so much, anymore), I
>think it's probably time to get some exposure to Linux -
>don't laugh, I just move a little slowly sometimes.
>
>My questions are: Is there any *best* package? RedHat,
>Mandrake, plus others I have no clue about, and is there
>any one or more that should be avoided?
>
>Thanks!
>
>p.s. My e-mail address has changed to lma@gci.net

I use redhat myself, but one drawback is that there is no
automatic updating facility (As bugs and security holes are found in
certian parts of linux, the fixes are posted on Redhat's website and
you have to download and install them yourself).  I think the mandrake
distribution has an automated update facility.

I've heard good things about Calderra's OpenLinux and Corel's Linux
distribution.  Both are supposed to be very easy to install and configure.

 - Dan



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