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[John Abreau]

On Mon, 20 Sep 1999 Thestoob at aol.com wrote:

> Let me first say that I really like Linux alot.  I ran the red hat 5.2 at 
> first.  But in lieu of red hat 6.0 I simply installed mandrake 6.0 because a 
> friend gave me the CDs.  
> 
> What do you think of this distribution mandrake vs. red hat.  I will attest 
> to the fact that a Mandrake install is a no brainer.  It seems to be the same 
> or so they say.  
> 
> Is there a more hacker oriented type Linux??  eg. Slackware.  Is it much 
> different??

I haven't tried Mandrake myself; I started on Slackware in '94, and in '95
I tried the first pre-release of Caldera. That was based on Redhat, and
I've been using Redhat ever since. I haven't really had the time to try
out the other distributions.

Slackware was pretty much a do-it-yourself distribution; no package
management, no dependency tracking. I don't know its present state, but it
may fit your definition of "hacker-oriented". Debian is another one that
I've heard is focused on the technically inclined.

> Well I read on the web page that there is a BSD comparison going on at the 
> next meeting on Oct. 20.  I'd like to go.

Our meetings are open to everyone; you're welcome to attend.

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John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix 
Email: jabr at blu.org / URL: http://www.blu.org
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