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Old 12-14-2001, 01:38 AM   #16
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I would personally use either an older release of Redhat (6.x or 7.0)
I wouldn't. Installing a superceeded distro is inviting trouble as it is no longer maintained (i.e. security fixes are a little short on the ground).

Far better to go with a bottom up distro like Debian or Slack.
 
Old 12-14-2001, 09:42 AM   #17
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I wouldn't. Installing a superceeded distro is inviting trouble as it is no longer maintained (i.e. security fixes are a little short on the ground).

Far better to go with a bottom up distro like Debian or Slack.
ok then...

I'd go for Slack then, although Redhat is still appealing, due to the RPM packaging, or does Slack have that?

/me really has to try Slack one day....

might give Debian a try as well....
 
Old 12-14-2001, 09:54 AM   #18
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G'day Deano, slack has slack packages, they come with a .tgz extention.
 
Old 12-16-2001, 05:01 AM   #19
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ok, thanks Aussie (Bern from OCAU, right?)

I haven't tried Slack yet, so I'm not 100% sure what it supports in term of packages....

would the .tgz be the same as .tar.gz?

I don't really like installing programs from the .tar.gz package, it almost always seems to stuff up for me...

Ok, I'm still a Linux newbie......

I need to do some more ....
 
Old 12-16-2001, 05:56 AM   #20
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tgz is the same as tar.gz, but Slack packages are binary not source code.

Slack has (I hear) a policy of "Edit all config files manaully" which is why I prefer Debian.
 
Old 12-16-2001, 06:18 AM   #21
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ok, thanks Aussie (Bern from OCAU, right?)
That sig is a dead give away.......feel free to icq me if you have a question....its in my profile.
 
Old 12-16-2001, 07:27 AM   #22
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That sig is a dead give away.......feel free to icq me if you have a question....its in my profile.
yeah, thought so

yeah, i'll add you to my icq list, so if I have any questions, i'll know who to ask

thanks

Dean
 
Old 12-16-2001, 07:00 PM   #23
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Old 12-17-2001, 04:01 AM   #24
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Thumbs up older computer and suse7.1
my old PC is a P75! running win98 & SUSE 7.1 to my satisfaction (I'm no expert) but I boot from a floppy to avoid problems.KDE is reasonably like win98 in use as a simple user,the installation let me choose what I wanted and ran almost on "automatic",with one exception my printer is a HP660C and the installed driver was incorrect,but that was the only problem!
 
  


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