[Ham-Computers] Re: [Ham-Linux] Which distrabution (was Running Linux)

[Ken Sprouse]

Brian D Heaton wrote:

>Ken,
>
>	Take a look at Gentoo.  Its amazingly flexible and you can tweak every
>knob to make it fully optimized for your hardware.  I finally finished
>converting all my home systems from RH7.3/9 over the New Years holiday. 
>
>	The portage system is very nice and since its a very open distro you
>don't have to worry about a single vendor changing its policies.  Its a
>bit more involved to install the RH/Debian/Suse/Mandrake, but its worth
>it.
>			
>		THX/BDH
>
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I will do a google search and look into it.  Any thought on Fedora?  I have downloaded the ISO images for the first two disks and will get number three tomorrow.  If I get the chance I will install it on an older system this weekend.  My understanding is this is what Red Hat 9 would have evolved into had they stayed in the consumer / small business market.  So far I have been very happy with RH9 on a Dell laptop.  Thanks for the reply.

----Ken


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