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Which Linux?

Discussion in 'The Alternative OS' started by me(who else?), Feb 25, 2004.

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What Linux do you run?

Red Hat/Fedora Core 7 vote(s) 70.0%
Mandrake 2 vote(s) 20.0%
Suse 1 vote(s) 10.0%
Other 1 vote(s) 10.0%
Multiple votes are allowed.

  1. me(who else?) Newcomer, in training Posts: 433

    Which Linux do you use?
    me(who else?), Feb 25, 2004
    #1

  2. Didou Bowtie extraordinair! Posts: 5,898

    Mostly RedHat & a dab of LFS.
    Didou, Feb 25, 2004
    #2

  3. Phantasm66 Newcomer, in training Posts: 6,504

    Fedora Core wins my current vote. Its first class.

    But lets not forget the wicked desktop that was created when I installed Ximian Gnome XD2 on Suse 9! That was pretty good too.

    But if I had to choose, I would choose Fedora. Its my number one right now.
    Phantasm66, Feb 25, 2004
    #3

  4. MattG Newcomer, in training Posts: 147

    Phantasm, i just put Fedora Core on my server at my home. and i couldnt agree with you more...only things i kinda didnt like about it, was that everything worked after install lol...im running forums off it which use mysql...on my old server i had to download and compile it...Fedora came with ...i just had to start the service.

    Its great.
    MattG, Feb 25, 2004
    #4

  5. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor Posts: 6,051   +121

    I downloaded RedHat 9 a while ago, got the 3 ISOs however haven't had enough time to install and play with it although I have unpartitioned space waiting for linux to be installed. I just saw your comments on Fedora, I see it's some sort of open source project sponsored by RedHat, would you recommend me getting/installing that instead of RedHat or would it be about the same thing?
    Julio Franco, Feb 25, 2004
    #5

  6. Didou Bowtie extraordinair! Posts: 5,898

    I would say Install RH9, just to pay a final hommage to the last Free edition.;)
    Didou, Feb 25, 2004
    #6
     

  7. me(who else?) Newcomer, in training Posts: 433

    I'd go with Fedora Core myself.
    me(who else?), Feb 25, 2004
    #7

  8. MattG Newcomer, in training Posts: 147

    Yeah Fedora Core is great. I have no complaints about it yet.
    MattG, Feb 26, 2004
    #8

  9. me(who else?) Newcomer, in training Posts: 433

    Thanks for helping everybody.I was wondering which Linux I shuld install. I already have the Fedora Core disk, so hopefully I'll install it soon. Now if Bochs worked!
    me(who else?), Feb 28, 2004
    #9

  10. Didou Bowtie extraordinair! Posts: 5,898

    Why do you insist on running it through bochs ? simply resize some partitions in order to make some space for it & simply go ahead & install the thing.;)
    Didou, Feb 28, 2004
    #10

  11. me(who else?) Newcomer, in training Posts: 433

    I've done it about 5 times and every time I ended up losing all the data on my HD, some way or another. I really hate recovering all my stuff from my backups, so I'm trying to find an alternative. Also, I don't have any good partition software. Bochs seemed like a good alternative, but I guess it just won't work.
    me(who else?), Feb 29, 2004
    #11

  12. Didou Bowtie extraordinair! Posts: 5,898

    It might be easier to get another HDD on which to install Linux, that way you do not endanger the rest of your data if something goes wrong.

    Of course you can keep trying with Bochs but you might get a stumach ulcer before you get it to work.;)
    Didou, Mar 4, 2004
    #12

  13. me(who else?) Newcomer, in training Posts: 433

    Actually, I'm very close to getting this to work (knock on wood).
    me(who else?), Mar 4, 2004
    #13
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