m.nuttall@??? wrote:
> Quoting John Cooper <lug@???>:
>
>
>> m.nuttall@??? wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have opensuse 10.2 installed on my PC which has an athlon 3000
>>>
>> mobile,Nvidia
>>
>>> geforce 6600GT gfx card and 2gig of ram. Suse is running a little
>>> unresponsive/slow so i was thinking of changing to a different flavour of
>>>
>> linux
>>
>>> but i like YAST alot so if theres an equivalent it might be interesting.
>>>
>>> Going through one of the distro chooseing questionaires Mandriva is
>>>
>> recommended
>>
>>> however is it going to be as unresponsive as Suse on my system?
>>>
>>> I would prefer to use kde which kinda rules out ubuntu unless i go for the
>>>
>> less
>>
>>> popular kubuntu.
>>>
>>> So can i have peoples thoughts on what to change to and what they use at
>>>
>> the moment.
>>
>>> BTW i am a novice user
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Martin, I'd try the live CD versions of Fedora, Kubuntu (I think this is
>> the same as Ubuntu where the install CD is a live CD) and others so you
>> can try without installing them. Debian isn't for novices so I'd try
>> Ubuntu instead. I prefer Fedora but I'm used to Red Hat systems and
>> prefer the commercial bias.
>>
>
> are there many fedora core users on this list?
>
A few but note that as from Fedora 8, the "core" has been dropped as all
software is now from the same repo.
> The commercial bias is a plus since i have done tech support for schools in the
> past and might need to do some linux in the future although i dont know which
> distro. Although may end up in a commercial enviroment in time.Mas
>
> Any negatives for being a more commercial distro? (fedora)
>
No, most Linux distros are pretty mature and it is really down to
personal preference/beliefs. Using Fedora means you can work with Red
Hat Enterprise and its free as in beer cousin CentOS.
> I will still be able to get codecs for media players for example.
>
Yes, but Ubuntu makes it very easy to install. There are plenty of
Fedora 8 howtos to add them for MP3 and DVD players.
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