This type of opinion is personal, and I think that it is uncalled for on the list. Everyone has their favorate. What works for some, is not always what works for others. Prior to getting in to the linux environment, I didn't know which way to go. I finally took the plunge, and started off with a version of RedHat. It was 5.2 I think. Since then I have install RH6.2 and RH7. In addition to the RH installs, I have also installed Debian. I have noticed little difference in the performance of the machine regardless of the distribution. What I have noticed, is that each distribution has some nice features that I wish the other had. How, I think that the best distribution, would be the one, that took all of the features of all distributions, merged them into one great big distribution, and just for fun called it Jack of all trades. Anyways, my recommendation to Brent, would be to take the distribution that he is comfortable with, and go for it. If he is not sure which way to go, drop in on to the reflector, and talk to everyone. The folks on the reflector have Debian, Slackware, RedHat, and I don't know what else successfully running. Oh yeah, the speakup reflector is located at: lwl.braille.uwo.ca:4074 and you need speak freely to access it. if you don't have speak freely, get it at: www.speakfreely.com it has both a linux and windows version. Steve, VE6AYT > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Kirk Wood > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 12:49 AM > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > Subject: Re: which prebuilt linux boxes seem to work best? > > > Brent, > > Lets make this easy for you: > Debian = great > RedHat 6.2 = good > RedHat 7 = very bad and don't come crying if you ignore this > sparc = we don't even want to hear from you > > > ======= > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
