[Techtalk] Linux versions

[Davis, Jennifer]

I use Slackware 8 with a 2.2.20 on the main server machine, Slackware 7.0
with 2.2.20 on the database machine and 2.4.18 on the desktop & laptop.  I
print to a Windows 98 printer using CUPS and it works sometimes.  I am happy
with Slack, no RPMS.  Slack 7.0 was the first distribution I used when I
installed Linux for the first time in April 2000.

I like Mandrake as well because it is a little bit easier to configure and
has all the new stuff in it, but I stopped using it I seem to never have it
run stably.  It could just be my lack of skill with this.  I couldn't get
video to work on Caldera & Redhat (ATI Rage IIC should have been easy),
Mandrake crashes, I couldn't get sound or networking to go on Lycoris.  I
couldn't get Debian or FreeBSD to install.  eSmith didn't like my netwrking
cards 3C509 & PCI NE2000.  All this failure and I have been called hardcore
because I use Slack....go figure.


-----Original Message-----
From: Tabatha Persad [mailto:tabatha3 at attbi.com]
Sent: 2002 May 01 7:18 PM
To: Judy Hayes; Techtalk at linuxchix.org
Subject: Re: [Techtalk] Linux versions


I prefer Mandrake - I'm using 8.1 right now... working like a charm!  Got 
Samba working on printers and files from our 3 Windows machines as well 
access to the other 4 other Linux machines, do all my documentation
authoring 
and editing, have gotten wireless working from 2 of our laptops with 2 
different wireless cards,  so I'd say Mandrake treats me pretty well.

We have RedHat 7.2 on a few of our machines, the rest are either RH7.1 or 
Mandrake 8.1.

On Wednesday 01 May 2002 22:53, Judy Hayes wrote:
> Quick question, I was wondering what flavor/kernel level versions of Linux
> everyone is running... I am running Redhat 7.2 2.4.18 and SuSE 7.3
> 2.4.18.... just wondering since I do so much testing on the different
> kernels what everyone preferred.  Thanks! :o)