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Re: Enlightenment (or not!)



>>>>> "Ian" == Ian Wright <Ian [at] iw63.freeserve.co.uk> writes:

    Ian> I haven't tried any of the other distros simply because I
    Ian> don't have the CDs but, in the opinion of this novice, RedHat
    Ian> 6.1 takes some beating.

Depends on your hardware.  In three tries, I haven't succeeded in
installing Red Hat yet (but I was doing some unusual things, like (a)
FTP install in 1995 before people figured them out, (b) using a funny
Japanese network card that by default uses the same IRQ as the
BusLogic SCSI hosts, and (c) a PCMCIA + network install).

Not to rag on Red Hat, just to point out that you may get unlucky next
time around.  But you should stick with a winner until it breaks,
unless you just like the adventure (or are a beta tester).  Among
other things, if you're happy with your hardware, the next hardware
you buy is likely to be similar, so the same distro should work well.


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