Re: Which distribution?

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From: Lindsay Berge
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 00:00

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tlang@freeway.DIALix.oz.au (Tony Langdon) writes:

>It's 31 Oct 97  19:09,
>We'll return to deejay@jeack.com.au and All's
>discussion of Which distribution?

> de> My query is...  Which distribution is recommeded to a complete
> de> UNIX type novice?  I think I am almost convinced to go with
> de> either RedHat or Slackwear - what are your comments on this.

>Go RedHat, it's said to be the easiest for newbies to setup.

I found SlackWare trivial to set up but a substantial effort to 
upgrade (match libc with gcc with kernel with ...). Debian
is woderfully easy to upgrade, especially using ftpdpkg to 
load automatically all the new files (with dependencies) from
a server. If you wish to maintain the sytem with frequent (and
useful) upgrades, Debain or Redhat would be easiest.

Best regards, Lindsay Berge

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From: lb@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (Lindsay Berge)
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Date: 1997/11/04
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