On Monday 30 April 2001 06:10 pm, you wrote:
> Derek Glidden wrote:
> > Norbert Cartagena wrote:
> > > patrick wrote:
> > > > > [....]
> > > > > Maybe it's just time to switch to Mandrake :)
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > Mike Manchester
> > > >
> > > > we all need to stay wit Mandrake
> > >
> > > That's the wonderful thing about GNU/Linux.. you have a choice (such as
> > > my choosing SuSE rather than Mandrake... An yes, I've tried them both
> > > ;)
> > >
> > > P.S.
> > > I tend to be a pacifist about this one (because they all have their
> > > goods and bads) but if you want to (just for kicks!!), may the holy
> > > wars begin *hee hee hee*. First a comment on a GUI ("Mandrake and KDE..
> > > the future of Linux.... it really is..."), then on a Distro... oh
> > > yeah... it's-a-brewin'...
> >
> > Dunno what you're talking about. I mean, I don't understand how there
> > could *be* any kind of holy wars about distributions when it's so
> > completely obvious that Debian is the best of the bunch...
>
> Yeah, sure, if you like draconian installs and NO documentation outside
> of the internet. Lets face it: if you want a trully complete distro, you
> go with SuSE. You want good customer support, you go with SuSE (in
> addition to the wonderful community, of course). You want a simple
> distro, you go with SuSE, and of you want something that's known for how
> quickly it takes new hardware, you go with SuSE.
> Now, if you want apt-get.... hey, SuSE has a version of that, too! In
> short, if you need it to work and work well and consistently, you go
> with SuSE.
>
> (P.S. I could make arguments for other distros, but there's a good
> reason why all the computers in my house are running SuSE... 'cause
> mandrake 7.2 spewed chunks, RedHat7.0 was bug city, Corel... well, just
> didn't work with my hardware, Stormix is dead, and Debian still needs to
> learn that eye candy is a good thing. Then again, I might change my
> mind, but hell, this is why it's fun ;).
>
> Hands down, best out there.
like i said install mandrake 8. the wars are over guys.
>
> Norb
>
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