[oclug] distributions

[Ben Hall]

If you're looking for the middle ground between Gentoo and Lycoris,
SuSE 8.0 is quite slick.

If you don't mind a tricky install in exchange for years of trouble-free
use, then Debian is a good option.  I'd use Stable (3.0) if you don't
mind older packages and no headaches, Testing if you like newer
software and don't mind a little bit of tweaking every now and again.

Ben


On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 17:46:20 -0400 (EDT)
farrellj <farrellj at stonehenge.pronym.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Bob Lockie wrote:
> 
> > I'm about to download and install a distribution for my desktop.
> > It is about time I try again.
> > The choice is which distibution should I try. :-)
> 
> 	If you want a "granny" solution, try Lycoris. It's a great
> 	desktop
> solution, it picked up my TV Tuner card, SBlive, ATI and SCSI adaptors
> fine, and configured all the applicationns to run with them.
> 
> 	If you want a "hacker" solution, try Gentoo, which custom
> 	compiles
> the entire ditro on you system, optimized for your hardware. Very
> cool.
> 
> ttyl
>      Farrell
> 
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