neowin_hipster Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 I've been thinking about installing linux on my system and I'm wondering whether to pick Mandrake or Red Hat. Which one is better for the average user? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligen Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 Red Hat sucks, but for beginners its nice I suggest Mandrake, i found it easy enough... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baphomet_irl Veteran Posted November 5, 2001 Veteran Share Posted November 5, 2001 Mandrake is sposed to be 'friendliest' Configure and Webgraph would know better than me thou :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
configure Veteran Posted November 5, 2001 Veteran Share Posted November 5, 2001 Personally I like Slackware and its KISS(Keep It Simple, Stupid!) idea of distribution. Its package system, config, boot-up script are very simple and can be edit by hand. But, this simpleness is the double edge sword. True, it's simple enough that you can edit by hand, but newbie might need to spend some extra time getting to understand the structure and how it work. But once they mastered it, they're going to love it. Don't we all love being able to control? :D Redhat and all the other redhat-based distribution have more tools, and more eye-candy thing to make some tasks easier for newbie. Sometime those thing can be really annoying for power user, for example, if you want to change the runlevel, in slackware, you can edit the config right away, but in redhat, due to its SystemV type of config, it must be done with UI because the actual config is too complicate :right: So there, I guess you can now decide for yourself what kind of distribution do you want to use. If I were you, I'll probably try SuSE, Redhat, Mandrake and move on to Slackware, or maybe Debian after I've got a clue what Linux is like :D G'luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvorgold Posted November 6, 2001 Share Posted November 6, 2001 i like mandrake since thats the only one i tried out, i never tried out corel..and its too late now since its now sold to an american company, but whenever i tried to put mandrake on the lin4win setup, it doesnt work at all, so partition magic here i come.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
configure Veteran Posted November 6, 2001 Veteran Share Posted November 6, 2001 I thought Corel went out of business? Oh wait, er... I think it was sold to MS :D Yes.. its Linux project was sold to MS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheobee Posted November 7, 2001 Share Posted November 7, 2001 I think RedHat is good for building servers, Manderake for development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nXP_151 Veteran Posted November 8, 2001 Veteran Share Posted November 8, 2001 I would pick Redhat though....well gotta buy another hard disk to install Linux Redhat and run my own server from there, Microsoft's IIS sucks ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
configure Veteran Posted November 8, 2001 Veteran Share Posted November 8, 2001 Microsoft's IIS sucks assThey were ported Apache to Windows, you might want to give that a shot ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nXP_151 Veteran Posted November 8, 2001 Veteran Share Posted November 8, 2001 I'll see about that ;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted November 13, 2001 Share Posted November 13, 2001 I'd recommend Mandrake if you're starting off and once you're ready, get Slackware or Debian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubano Posted November 27, 2001 Share Posted November 27, 2001 They were ported Apache to Windows, you might want to give that a shot ;) I am currently using the port of apache for windows and its stable as far as I can tell. When compared to my Linux machine, there are no differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YahoKa Posted November 27, 2001 Share Posted November 27, 2001 Mandrake is the easiest ... it is easier to install than windows :right: , to give you an idea of just HOW easy it is... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted November 28, 2001 Share Posted November 28, 2001 Acually, Windows is easier to install unless if you're using the Recommended Install! I use the Exprert mode! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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