[Techtalk] Same old question -- which distro?

[Brenda Bell]

Michelle Murrain wrote:
> At 8:37 PM -0500 1/29/03, Brenda Bell wrote:
> 
> However, if you've got 
> some unusual things, you really do need to know exactly what the drivers 
> are that are needed, because Debian isn't always so great at 
> auto-discovery.

I suppose I should have included this info in my original post.  I have 
standard (e.g., commonly used) ***everything***.  Intel MOBO with 
integrated Ether 100 Pro and ATI Rage 128.  No weird stuff.

I biggest concern is probably server software:  Apache, php, qmail, 
courier-imap, SquirrelMail, OpenLDAP and MySQL.  Again, no weird stuff.

> I think the truth about Linux distros at this point in time is that it 
> really all is about personal preference

This is one of my problems... I'm curious about Debian, but it sounds so 
  different from what I'm used to.

> If you are 
> familiar with Mandrake, but worried about their future, Red Hat is an 
> easy shift, because they are so similar.

Exactly the sort of feedback I was looking for.  Thanks.

-- 
Cheers,
     Brenda

http://opensource.theotherbell.com