Re: What is the best linux distribution

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From: Jason Stokes
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:00

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Scott Yang <s2170607@cse.unsw.EDU.AU> wrote:
>On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Bryan Palmer wrote:
>
>> 
>> I'd be interested in the views of experts on the best linux
>> distribution for a newbie.
>
>Debian is definitely the best. Go to http://www.debian.org/ and read about
>the latest Debian 1.2

Redhat Commercial Linux is also good.  If it wasn't for Redhat package
manager, I'd have smashed in the monitor of my computer by now.  While it's
described as "commercial", nearly everything comes with full source code.

Cheers,

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