Hi Ben
Just about finished a Linux From Scratch build (ver 3.3) in the hope that it will provide me with a stable base on which to build a whole new system. This started off as a basic Red Hat 7.3 install - I'm begining to see why RH is *lovingly* referred to as Dead Rat after hitting a brick wall with their gcc-2.96 and gcc-3.2 compilers.
Gentoo is fine if you want an optimised install without the masocistic tendencies of an LFS system. Go to Red Hat/Mandrake or SuSE for easy, all be it, bloated installs. Or alternatively, use Debian - Probably the most popular distro on this list.. (apt_rant deleted).
If you need any CDs of the various distros, you only have to ask - Most of us are only too willing to help out.
Regards, Paul.
On Wednesday 11 Dec 2002 11:18 pm, Tristan Scott wrote:
So, to start off. What distros are used by most of you, since I don't wanna start using a distro I can't get help for. Plus, I don't know which Distro would be best suited for a homeuser/developer/gamer.
Im running Gentoo. this is a good one if you're already into linux, or want to know a lot about 'bare-bones' system configuration, and everything is built from source.