[thelist] Mandrake 9.2 or Redhat 9.0

Shawn K. Quinn skquinn at frogger.kicks-ass.net
Thu Oct 16 02:53:59 CDT 2003


On Wednesday 2003 October 15 09:15, David Mitchell wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Apologies if this post is way off topic but I just aquired a new
> laptop and have decided to go the Linux route. I have narrowed my
> choice down to the lastest version of either Mandrake or Redhat. Just
> wanted to get people's input on which distro they prefer for an
> everyday workstation, and why?

Unless you have a compelling need, avoid Red Hat. You'll hear Red Hat's 
distribution referred to semi-humorously as "deadrat", and for good 
reason.

-- 
Shawn K. Quinn


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