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Question for Mike Carter Re: Anyone else going to switch to Fedora?
de Brian 04/13/2006 07:33
Mike, What would be the better solution for a newbie into Linux for
older PIII laptop? I have Looked at Kabubtu and Puppy both look
interesting. What are the pro and cons? Any direction you could point me
towards would be helpfull.
Thx.
Brian Carter
Mark Carter wrote:
> Al Klein wrote:
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>>> El Gee <mcwtlg.yourhat@yourhat.gmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:Xns979E8F1F5429Dmcwtlgyourhatyourhat@15.8.40.106:
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>>> I'm not considering changing till we see Vista.
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>> Veni, vidi, yawni. I came, I saw, I yawned.
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>
> Aargh, don't get me started ;). One of the lasses in our office
> commented that one of the problems with XP was that it was essentially
> beta-quality software, for which MS subsequently issued patches.
>
> With Vista, it very much sounds like it's deja vu all over again. Some
> testers have mentioned stability problems. These have apparently
> lessened as time went on. However, it seems that Vista is going to be
> sold real soon now, it appears that, ONCE AGAIN, the world will be
> treated to beta-quality software.
>
> Overcomplicated, overly resource-intensive, underdone. That's what I'm
> expecting from Microsoft. Now with extra DRM, which can only possible
> serve to make things worse for the user.
>
> You know, by now, we should have a perfect Operating System. Microsoft
> should have taken Windows 95, cleaned up the bits which were obviously
> crap, and added support for new hardware. Fixed some bugs, and did some
> /selective/ rewrites of the hairier bits. But they keep re-engineering
> everything, and cramming in shite like .Net.
>
> Anyways, to respond to the original poster ...
>
> I've never really had much luck with Fedora. We use SuSe at work (on the
> servers) - and my dad has SuSe on his machine. And trust me, if my dad
> can use it, then anybody can. I've played around with Mepis lately -
> quite good, but it let me down when I tried to install a round of
> development packages. My intention is to move back to Ubuntu when Dapper
> Drake comes out. I'll probably try either Xubuntu or Kubuntu. A
> Debian-based system is the way to go, and Ubuntu is probably the best of
> the lot.
>
> Good tip for OP: install KDE, otherwise you'll only have users whining
> endlessly about how complicated Linux is, where's my email, I like
> Firefox on my taskbar, how do I tie my shoelaces. You'll thank me for it
> later.
>
> Some pitfalls to watch out for that spring to mind:
> * printers - watch out for the drivers
> * Samba - you'll probably want it. Be prepared for a little bit of
> headscratching as you try to get it set up correctly. Some distros are
> trickier than others (Slackware actually rocks as far as setting up a
> server is concerned).
> - MS Office compatability. Hmm, this is never going to be an easy one;
> and I think you'll have a hard sell ahead of you. Be prepared for some
> harsh criticism, and just hope none of it comes from your boss.