[olug] Help me select a distrob

[Charles Bird]

either one is a pretty safe bet.

I think there is alot more helpful users on FC5 than Mandriva. Having help is perhaps the most important thing when fresh into it.



> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon H. Larsen" <relayer at levania.org>
> To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
> Subject: Re: [olug] Help me select a distrob
> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 07:29:23 -0500 (CDT)
> 
> 
> On Mon, 17 Apr 2006, HAB Boy wrote:
> 
> > Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:28:23 +0300
> > From: HAB Boy <haobboy at gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> > To: olug at olug.org
> > Subject: [olug] Help me select a distrob
> >
> > Guys/Gals,
> >
> > I have done a lot of search to select a distro to switch from Win to
> > Linux. Finally, I came up to two distros
> >
> > 1. Mandriva (Mandrake)
> > 2. Fedora Core 5
> >
> > Can any of you help me making a choice and may be give me some of the
> > pros and cons of both based on experience
> >
> > HAB
> 
> Out of your list, I would choose Fedora Core 5.  Adding the packages to
> Play DVDs, Movies and MP3s is pretty easy using yum or yumex, and I
> haven't found a format I can't play yet.  Plus, FC5 is very current, as
> it has the latest versions of Gnome and KDE to choose from.
> 
> Jon L.
> 
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