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by malcolmny
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In my opinion it's by far the best choice for first time desktop distro and easiest, most problem free etc.
Caldera e-server is my favorite for business servers though.
I am surprised, actually, that Red Hat is still the standard. Even BSD seems to be getting easier at installation than it is.
Still, it doesn't really matter as much which distro you use if you know how to get around well in it.
by smksensei
Out of these three (newest version of each)which I've installed and used on both my Sony VAIO FX-210 laptop and my homegrown "mutt" P3-866 desktop, I'd probably put Redhat on the bottom of the pile when it comes to installation, device configuration, and general ease of use. SuSE runs second in the line, and Mandrake takes a clear lead. All of my devices were installed with little effort, and I was up and running in no time. (only thing I haven't figured out yet in any of the dist. is how to view DVD's. But, I plan to take some time someday and hack my way into it.)
Mandrake is great! What will the future hold??!!
by damienc
I've used a few commercial distro's and highly recommend Caldera's e-desktop and e-server. Most Linux distro's are basically the same: kernel, gui (I prefer KDE over Gnome or WindowMaker), and packages. What seems to differentiate distro's is the installer (and it's native hardware support), the GUI based administration tool, and the number of packages included in the distro.
SuSE comes with more packages than any other distro (like 6 cd's and a dvd) but its hardware detection is not very accurate. And I would highly discourage installing several packages during the initial install, wait and do it after you get the GUI going. Redhat has a good collection of packages but it's installer also has problems with hardware detection.
I don't think I can really recommend either of those distro's.
Mandrake uses DrakX as its installer and it is a good one. It's handled any laptop or desktop I've tried installing on. I actually like Mandrake, but I usually end up running it command line. Only because Caldera has the best desktop environment I've used. And honestly, if I'm going to run command line, I'd use Debian.
Finally, Caldera has the easiest installer (LIZARD) and GUI admin tool (COAS) out of all of the above. It also has a relevant collection of packages, and is suitable for end-user desktop use. It really is that nice.
The only thing it currently lacks is the 2.4.3 kernel, and that will be part of the new release due anytime.
by malcolmny
Gnome is More configureable KDE has more polished utilities. But they are both getting better in both respects. And if you load the libraries you can run most of one from the other.
It is just a matter of personal preferance they are both getting better by the day!!!
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