On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 12:49:45PM -0500, Josh Trutwin wrote: > I vehemently agree with your recommendation. If you are ok with a > little trial by fire I think you'd be hard pressed to find a better > distro than slackware. If you're looking for pretty Windows-esque > GUI's to configure your sound card best to stay with Redhat, SuSE or > Mandrake. After years of frustration I personally refuse to install a > distro that's based on RPMs for packages (Redhat, SuSE and others). > Debian is also a nice choice that's in the middle-ground if you don't > need bleeding edge stuff. How does Debian unstable not have software that's bleeding edge? its been a while since I have played with Gentoo, but my impression has always been that new software gets into Debian unstable at least as fast as Gentoo. If by bleeding edge, you mean compiled on you own box, well the benfits of compiling yourself are far from proven for most software. But that's just my Debian-centric view, I know that many Gentoo-heads feel differently :). Anyway, I would (surprise, surprise) recommend Debian in this situation. Debian is good for someone who isn't afraid to roll-up their sleeves and dive in in order to see what's really going on on their box. I find Debian easier to maintain then Gentoo or Slackware, while also easier to do what you want it to then Red Hat, Mandrake, or Suse. -- Jim Crumley |Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List (TCLUG) Ruthless Debian Zealot |http://www.mn-linux.org/ Never laugh at live dragons | _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list