[wplug] Second round of questions from newbie...

[Mac Stanley]

On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 17:51, Anna McCullough wrote:
> Hi, it's Anna again...
> 
> I'd posted a few questions about a pending dual-boot install of Linux to my
> system, which I've had to put on hold for a little bit due to a DTP project I
> got saddled with. Didn't think it a good idea to be throwing a whole new OS in
> the machine until I was sure I could spare the time to troubleshoot what needs
> tinkered with :)
> 
> Anyway, I have a RedHat 7.2 disc set that came with the book, Osborne's Complete
> Guide to Linux, 4th edition. Since I already have it I was thinking about
> installing IT, but as a matter of research, who uses what distros around here?
> Many of you, I've gathered (I lurk a lot), seem to have tried several versions.
> Any pros/cons to Redhat vs. Suse vs. Mandrake?
> 
> Also, since I do a great deal of graphics work, how is TrueType, OTF, or Type 1
> support in Linux? I've amassed a huge collection of type and would like it a LOT
> if I could still use these in Linux...
> 
> Thanks for your patience, everybody!
> 
> Anna McCullough
> 
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Anna -

I started with RedHat 5.2, stopped.. and picked up with 7.1, upgrade to
7.2 and now I have a clean install of 8.0. So I'd recommend 8.0, and its
easy to add fonts to, I believe all you need to do is copy the fonts to
the ~/fonts.  Once again, www.distrowatch.com is a great resource of
info and reviews.

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