[techtalk] Re: Linux-Mandrake

[Scott]

At 08:54 AM 5/25/2001 -0500, 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.
>Then again, I admit up front to being fairly clueless. <g>

I never had any luck with Corel.  Mostly it was video card problems, despite
the fact I had a supported card.  There is nothing wrong with whatever flavor
of Linux you prefer or are comfortable with--that is the idea, a fit for 
you instead
of being FORCED into using something THEIR way.

-sap