[olug] Installfest, Mandrake and RedHat7.2

Adam Haeder adamh at omaha.org
Thu Jan 3 16:45:21 UTC 2002


That's interesting, I've had the exact opposite experience. Mandrake 8.1 
on my Sony Vaio laptop autodetected EVERYTHING, including my generic sound 
and wireless network card. RedHat 7.2 couldn't handle either correctly out 
of the box.

-- 
Adam Haeder
Technical Coordinator, AIM Institute
adamh at omaha.org
(402) 345-5025 x115

On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Craig Wolf wrote:

> I personally have had problems with Mandrake on laptops but have had great success' on desktop machines.  Red Hat seemed to load much easier on the laptops for me.  Just my 2 cents...
> 
> PS  Anyone have any experience with Alpha boxes?  I am bringing a behemoth out there Sat. for the Installfest to challenge anyone who can help.  The monitor doubles as a room heater as well (nice in our cold office here).  
> 
> See ya all there!!
> 
> 
> Craig Wolf
> Desktop/Network Specialist
> Linux/Web Server Support
> Support Services Center
> Millard Public Schools
> 402-894-6283
> 
> 
> >>> mmartin at amath.washington.edu 1/2/2002 >>>
> I agree with Mike.  Mandrake has diverged very significantly from Red
> Hat.  I've used both of them fairly extensively and find Mandrake to be
> much fuller featured, more up-to-date, and easier to use, even for those
> of us who do not depend on graphical tools.  In particular, I have found
> that configuring various services, such as CVS, for example, is more
> difficult under Red Hat, possibly because Red Hat makes less effort to
> include the extras that people commonly want.
> 
> Just my opinion,
> 
> Mark
> 


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