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

[Brian D Heaton]

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



On Fri, 2004-01-02 at 00:30, Ken Sprouse wrote:
> Colburn wrote:
> 
> > John, et al,
> >
> >    Not to hijack the thread (please alter the Subject as is appropriate)
> > but I have related questions.
> >
> >    I have been running RedHat 9 but have been dissatisfied with the
> > limited capacity to support hardware and their withdrawal from 
> > distributing common apps.
> >
> >    The Novell purchase of SuSE should lead to broader distribution and
> > given the lunacy in EU courts versus Linux and GPL in general it is 
> > probably best in the long-term to get ownership outside of the reach 
> > of that mess.
> >
> >    That said, my needs are:
> >
> > 1. A new motherboard.  I have purchased an aluminum ATX case (chosen 
> > for quality and EMI/RFI features), a 430watt supply, an Athlon XP 
> > 2500+ cpu w/fan.  I am looking real hard at the recently discontinued 
> > EPoX EP-8KRA2+.  Any thoughts re. that board and Linux? I looked at 
> > the nVidia boards but keep reading about the need for kludgy workarounds
> > to get good Linux performance due to driver limits.
> >
> > 2.  Any concerns about EMI/RFI from this board or others?
> >
> > 3.  Is the Matron 550 video card a decent choice?
> >
> > Thanks!, blessed New Year, & 73, doc
> >
> What do you think of Mandrake?  I have read favorable reviews in Linux 
> World Magazine and another local ham that uses it at work has had good 
> things to say about it.  Also has anyone tried Fedora Core1?  Looks like 
> Red Hat 9 will be the last "consumer" version from them.  I will also be 
> interested in hearing how you make out with RFI from the case that you 
> have chosen.  I am moving my LinkSys router and DSL modem to another 
> part of the house soon.  It is currently in the next room and I think it 
> is playing havoc with my HF radio.  Interesting thread.