On Sat, 2004-08-07 at 06:33, robin fell wrote: > > Last Friday 06 August 2004 03:01, Russell Hanaghan was like: > > > I need to stretch my wings a little and try something outside of > > > Mandrake 10.0... > > > > > > Can I get some basic pros and cons of the different distro's you're > > > using? And especially from previous Mandrake users. > > I gave up with Mandrake at 8.0. It was OK(ish), but I have a nasty > habit of breaking _anything_ based on RPM. > > Tried Planet, but based on RH meant endless RPM database woes for me :( Hmmm, not recently, right? There were some problems in RH8 (or was it 9?) where sometimes rpm would hang, but that was a while ago. > Ended up on Gentoo, but I can't really recommend it for general use by > others; > > cons > 1. easy to select configurations (via USE flags) that break your system > 2. easy to select (via USE flags) configurations that _nearly_ work :( > 3. takes ages to compile things from source, with little real benefit > 4. fills your HD with source code (minor niggle really) > > pros > 1. i've not managed to break portage yet. this is numero-uno for me > because i killed MDK and RH several times - requiring a reinstall [note: > yes i do know about rpm dB locks and dB repair tools, but they failed to > fix my dB] Yuck.... I guess I'm lucky. I've never gotten that far in breaking a system through rpm alone. Just curious, which is the last version of rh/fc you tried? > I'm currently considering a change of distro too - I spend too long on > admin issues, and not enough time hacking/recording. Probably true of any distro if you want to use the latest versions of audio packages (and who doesn't!). Let us know what you find... -- Fernando
