[Sheflug] Re: redhat 9.0

[Richard <richard [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Baz

> Mmmm. *Grumble*.

Yes :)

> I found Debian (stable at least) and Slack to require quite a bit of
> configuration to get them up to scratch.
> Even then, the packages in Debian stable are pretty antique.

Yes.  Been running unstable on my desktop with KDE 3.1.4.  
Surprisingly the X-server configured in minutes with my Nvidia card 
which I wouldn't otherwise make claims for. Even found that Postfix 
wanted to run with AmaVis.  That was until I hacked the Postfix config 
manually and messed it up.  All that "Microsoft Latest Update" stuff 
just got mailed straight back out.  

I think we've all been through a distro change in the past for various 
reasons ?  Wouldn't like to be an ISP facing up to this one. My own 
ISP is run by a Debian developer and is largely Debian based .. 
www.zetnet.com.  Only place I can get Surftime with ISDN.

Slackware has improved a lot.  It was good years ago.  Looks even 
better now.  Mandrake 9.2 is said to be good.  Some bug reports came 
back from New York but it doesn't sound serious.

I think  my only problem is that my Samsung laser printer is no longer 
recognised by CUPS.  A look at their web site says that they've 
removed the GDI printers drivers.  Also, the CUPS drivers that came 
with the printer won't install for some reason.


> *Grumble*


Hmmm ...  :)



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Richard
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