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blackize
07-12-2004, 08:00 PM
I'm just curious as to what Linux distributions my fellow ZMD'ers are running. I've used Evil Entity and Fedora Core 2 in the past, and I am currently running Mandrake 10.0. As much as I like Mandrake, I want to try a few other distributions until I can find "the one". Right now I'm downloading Debian and Slackware, and I'll see how things go from there. I have Gentoo on CD, but I can't figure out how to install it so I'm passing over that until I'm more accustomed to Linux.

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Lobster Cowboy
07-12-2004, 08:05 PM
i'm using SuSE 9.0, and in the past, used gentoo

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d503
07-14-2004, 03:25 PM
on my snaz-a-riffic Sony Vaio laptop. I recently scored a free 20GB hard drive for it and now I can install all kinds of crap. OpenOffice, woo!

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sephiroth111
07-15-2004, 12:33 AM
i've been a fan of redhat since i installed 8.0, though i had installed debian, gentoo, mandrake 9 , RH9, FC test2, and LFS.

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blackize
07-15-2004, 04:26 PM
> i've been a fan of redhat since i installed 8.0, though i
> had installed debian, gentoo, mandrake 9 , RH9, FC test2,
> and LFS.

How would you say Gentoo compares with desktop-oriented distros like Mandrake? I really want to give it a go, but I still can't get it to install.

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Cornellius
07-15-2004, 05:12 PM
The key to install Gentoo is to really know your hardware.

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WhoaMan
07-15-2004, 09:09 PM
> The key to install Gentoo is to really know your hardware.
read the install handbook, if you actually read this you probably wont have to ask for help during the install :)

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BigBlackRichard
07-16-2004, 02:50 AM
Knoppix, but only as a backup OS in the event of HD crash and to recover data when Windows can't/won't read a drive. Comes in handy if you work in IT.

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Ernst
07-31-2004, 07:37 PM
I'm using Gentoo at the moment. Other than that I've used Slackware the most then slax, redhad, mandrake, suse, knoppix, damn small linux, redmond, caldera, and debian.

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Slicer S. V.
08-09-2004, 03:03 PM
> downloading Debian and Slackware, and I'll see how things go
> from there. I have Gentoo on CD, but I can't figure out how
> to install it so I'm passing over that until I'm more
> accustomed to Linux.
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slackware seems to be cool... but i'm a gentooer all the way, i say cancel that debian and forget it even exists, i've tried debian before and i absolutely hated it

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blackize
08-09-2004, 07:32 PM
I had Slackware 10 on my system for about a week before I removed it. There's nothing wrong with it, I really like it a lot, it's just that the rest of my family uses the computer and I don't really feel like showing them how to log on to Linux and start X, since it would absolutely confuse the shit out of them, so I decided to reinstall Mandrake 10.

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