[ltp] Stable Linux OS

[Ragnar Hojland Espinosa]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 08:20:19PM -0800, Brendon Baumgartner wrote:
> Linux is Linux, no matter what distro you install. Everyone has their own
> opinions about which one is better, why, and what they like. They all have
> the same hardware compatibilities because they are all Linux. If a certain
> distro doesn't have software to support some hardware, it can be customized
> to work.

Please allow me to nitpick a bit, if only because its a thread for a
newbie and its better not to potentially misguide them.  That said:

They all don't have the same hardware capabilities, and they aren't
all the same as every distribution ships with its own set of kernel
patches which in some cases (Red Hat) aren't trivial at all.

So, while its possible to get a vanilla (that is standard) kernel and
relatively easily patch it to support whatever driver, if you are a
newbie, don't expect the added red hat functionality to be carried on.

> I suggest you install a distro geared toward novices. RedHat or Mandrake is
> a good novice one from what I've heard, though, I bad mouth both of them. :)

:) I had a newbie try redhat 9 [0].. haven't seen mandrake, but I'd go in
favor of it from what I've heard and my experience with RH9.  

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[0] Failed experiment. Linux is doubly hard for people who have to make an
    effort when reading english.