[oclug] distributions

[Bob Lockie]

>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.

How does RedHat compare these days?