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

[bgtrio at yahoo.com]

I think you'll be happy if you try redhat 8.0.  I'd be happy to give you 
my set of downloaded cd's if you'd like to just try it out, but I'm 
sure redhat would appreciate the business if you're looking to help out a 
free software company.

Anyway, Redhat has fantastic hardware detection, and between the new 
configuration menus and the very slick user interface I think it would 
make a great starting point for a desktop user.

They've made some simplifying moves in their desktop layout, whether you 
choose KDE or Gnome, the office suite is OpenOffice.org, the browser is 
Mozilla, etc.  

The only thing I'd say is that if you have less than 128M of ram, I'd try 
redhat 7.3 or another distro instead, I've found that the newest Redhat 
is designed to not only take advantage of modern hardware, but to 
practically demand it.  But if you've got it, it gets put to good use.

Bryguy

On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Anna McCullough wrote:

> From: Rafael E. Herrera <raffo at neuronet.pitt.edu>
> To: <wplug at wplug.org>
> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 10:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [wplug] Second round of questions from newbie...
> 
> > We've stuck with Suse. Never had major problems with it. Their
> > development suite, compilers, libs, etc. are reliable and well done.
> > We use it as NFS server, NIS server, DNS, desktop, devlopment, CVS
> > server, personal firewall, etc. Will use it for mail, MySQL server
> 
> Well, that's just it - I won't be using it as a server, just as a desktop (I
> don't run a business, I just want to get my feet wet).
> 
> I've never even SEEN a "live" Linux screen, so I have *zero* experience to fall
> back on as far as that goes. In that light I may be purchasing the Mandrake
> package to try out. I'd download these things but I'm on a 56k dial-up and
> reeeally don't wanna go for an 18-hour marathon :)
> 
> Thanks!
> Anna McCullough
> 
> 
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