[Linux4christians] Installing Fedora on an old/slow computer

[Samuel Clough]

Good advice.  Here as we've finally gotten an IT
manager that likes Linux and we've gotten some
Linux, it is all Redhat and based on my
conversations with others it seems to be the
distro in the corporate world.  For that type of
distroy, I would normally lean a little more
towards Suse, and my personal preference is
something like Gentoo.  I like it lean and fast
and I'm more of a UNIX mindset than a Linux one. 
I've used Suse, Mandrake, and a little Gentoo on
the desktop.  On the server I've used Redhat 7.3 a
little, but on my personal server I've switched to
FreeBSD, so I figured I might need to brush up on
Redhat skills in case I ever make a switch from
programming to more admin.

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----- Original Message -----
Subject: Re: [Linux4christians] Installing Fedora
on an old/slow computer
From: pdsouza at dti.net
To: linux4christians at thelinuxlink.net
Date: 06-08-2005 11:09 am


> Samuel,
> I would second JT's opinion. In general, it is
worth knowing (a) any
> Redhat-based flavour and (b) any Debian-based
flavour since the vast
> majority of distributions are based off these
two. Your rationale for
> Redhat is well founded and a good working
knowledge will come in handy
> when you need to install *commercial* software
which carries a
> "certified to work with" label.
> Between Fedora and Ubuntu, you should have all
the free distros you will
> need to familiarise yourself with the essential
interfaces and shell
> layouts you will require on the job.
> Peter D'Souza
> 
> 
> JT Moree wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Samuel Clough wrote:
> > | Well, the whole point of trying Fedora was
to get
> > | some familiarity with RedHat since it seems
to be
> > | most pervasive in the corporate world and I
need
> > | to know their particular flavor.
> >
> >
> > Anyway.  try them all and get familiar with at
least a little so you can
> > make educated decisions about which one to use
in a given situation.  I
> > try out 1 new distro per month.  Just install
and see what works out of
> > the box and then get other stuff working that
may not be to see how hard
> > it is.  This month I'm trying the new MEPIS.>
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