[techtalk] Re: Linux-Mandrake

Telsa Gwynne hobbit at aloss.ukuu.org.uk
Sat May 26 10:39:38 EST 2001


On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 08:54:22AM -0500 or thereabouts, piglet wrote:
> 
> I notice that no one ever mentions Corel as a newbie distro....I'm
> surrounded by RH folks, and I work on RH boxen at work, but it's always been
> confusing to me.  Now that I'm running linux on my normal workbox, I opted
> to go with Corel because it seemed to be particularly user-friendly,
> installs like a dream, and is Debian based, so that it *seems* to me that
> when I outgrow Corel, shifting to straight Debian shouldn't be a drastic
> move, perceptually.

Just as well. I thought that Corel Linux had gone under? :) 

> Then again, I admit up front to being fairly clueless. <g>

Paah. Personal bugbear. Being a newbie does not imply you're
clueless :) 

Telsa






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