do you test other distros?

[jlc]

I've been known to try a distro or 2 :P

 

I prefer

 

Fedora/rh

ubuntu

gentoo

slackware <-- although im thinking its days are numbered.......

 

mdk, just don't like it, never have :D

[iphitus]

Sarissi: Debian stable has an old version of KDE too, it has old versions of everything.

[sellis]

For myself, I asked around and was recommended Mandrake as "an easy distro to get up and running with".

 

So far, I'm still learning , and I'd rather do that on one, stable OS than on a number of them. So I'll stick to Mandrake for the time being.

[aRTee]

Actually, I just installed SUSE on my laptop. Yeah, a review is forthcoming - just don't count on it very soon.

[darthjeff]

I've tested a bunch, but nothing is as easy and comes with a nice package selection like Mandrake. I need that because I'm on a slow dial up and don't want to have to download a whole lot of packages.

[SoulSe]

nothing is as easy and comes with a nice package selection like Mandrake.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

SuSe, Fedora... Ubuntu also comes with nice packages, although it only comes with Gnome initially, so not as many choices as the others.

 

There are many distros that include a huge amount of packages on-disc. I remember a friend buying a Slackware box a few years ago that was seven discs in total and had a few thousand more packages than what Mandrake ships with (unless you buy a powerpack, I guess).

 

I love Mandy, but there are other great distros as well ;)

[jlc]

nothing is as easy and comes with a nice package selection like Mandrake.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

SuSe, Fedora... Ubuntu also comes with nice packages, although it only comes with Gnome initially, so not as many choices as the others.

 

There are many distros that include a huge amount of packages on-disc. I remember a friend buying a Slackware box a few years ago that was seven discs in total and had a few thousand more packages than what Mandrake ships with (unless you buy a powerpack, I guess).

 

I love Mandy, but there are other great distros as well ;)

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

You sure that wasn't Debian and not Slackware?

 

Slackware has never had more than 4 cd's and it used to only be 2. Unless your talking in the beginning of Linux time when Slackware was like 30-70 floppy's :)

[arctic]

i don't think he is confusing floppys with cds. they definitely do not look the same. :D

 

yupp. 7 cds sounds like debian.

[Sarissi]

The Debian 3.0 R3 set that I bought, is 9 CDs: 7 + 2 Update.