--- Kenneth wrote: > > > --- Josh Coffman wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > This is not a complaint. I enjoy the choices; > it's > > kinda like being single again... just kidding. > > > > I've been using Fedora for a while now. It just > > leaves me a little unsatisfied in some areas > > sometimes. > > I have heard a lot of complaints about the newer > Fedora. I had problems just > installing it, which I've never seen with any other > distro. But I don't have > enough experience with it to be able to say it isn't > good... My neighbor got a lot of headaches from FC4, but it saved my a LOT of headache. I guess you mileage may vary applies here. It's been good for me and yes it has taken effort sometimes. > > > > So I have to admit I find myself being tempted > by > > other distros though. OpenSuse should be released > > before too much longer; Mandriva 2006 is close to > > release. SimplyMepis 3.3.2 is also close to > release. I > > keep wondering what I'm not seeing that makes > Ubuntu > > so popular. ..and there's the temptation to get > really > > hot-n-heavy with Slackware or Gentoo. Some of > these > > I've fooled around with in the past. Does this > make me > > a distro gigilo? > > > > How about a little banter about distros? What > are > > you using and why? Anyone consider things like > boot > > time, trimness of the distro, included soft > packages & > > version, window manager? > > I am currently using Mandriva LE2005 for almost all > my computer stuff (except > the occasional game :) It does everything I need > and I've had no problems > with it. I have Gentoo installed on the other > machine, but I have not spent > much time with it. Gentoo seems to be a good choice > for someone who likes to > tinker, get that last ounce of performance out of > the system, and doesn't > minde the time (and wear and tear on the disk > drives) of compiling everything > in order to install it. If you go that way, I would > recommend a good look at > the documentation on their website before > installing. You'll help yourself > out a lot if you know what to expect before > starting. > > I tend to stick with what has worked for me, and I > haven't tried as many > different distros as others have :) > I read an artilce saying they clocked mandriva 2006 at 26 seconds for boot. It's got me thinking. Will probably try to speed up FC4 before I think too hard about it. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss