Hi, There are folks on this list happily using all three distros and doing everything you named and more with them. If there were a clear favorite I suppose we would all have chosen it by now, but each of the three will do everything you want it to. Chuck On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, Glenn Ervin wrote: > I still have not decided which distro to use. > I am not afraid of any type being difficult. > I am simply wanting the most capable distro for using on a current system. > 256 MB ram, P5 1.7 GB processor. > I plan on duel-booting with Linux having its own HD. > I have read some documentation on the differences, but I am still left > uncertain. > It seems that Debian, RedHat, and Slackware are the distros of choice. > Can anyone give me any ideas? > I plan on doing much audio (MP3) stuff, and much e-mail, & internet > browsing. > I hope to be able to set up lilo to let me select between windows or Linux, > or I will set up a floppy for this option. > Thanks for any input. > > > > "Live long and prosper", > O. Glenn Ervin (Lenny) > N0YJV > Northeast Nebraska > e-mail: > glennervin at cableone.net > The above address can also be found on MSM. > or my work e-mail: > gErvin at ncbvi.state.ne.us > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- The Moon is Waning Gibbous (86% of Full) So visit me sometime at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh
