distros

Howdy,
 I was at last weeks LUG and I'm interested in finding my new distro. I was
using FC3 before I tried simplyMepis 3.3.1-1 of which I like how things work
right out of the box like Adobe, and Flash but it has this thing which is
discouraging my usage-when I use synaptic to update my system, besides the 2
hour download even on DSL, it updates my system than upon reboot I lose
multiple faculties like Alsa, my ethernet card, the ability to mount my
cdrom, X gets all buggy and sometimes I couldn't log into my users GUI which
is death to me because of my newb status and need for visual stimuli. ;) So I
reinstalled and tried again and it does the same thing when I update.
Soooo.....I re-installed, checked the repository to see which one it is
using(I'm keeping the default Mepis one for now-and I'm looking at punching
off Mepis because this is a BIG issue, I used up almost all of my monthly cap
downloading this distro and than updating it...grrrr!!!) and made the
decision to use the fresh install only until I find the perfect distro for my
needs. I have to admit-Mepis did reintroduce me to KDE and it has come along
nicely since I last used it with Suse 9.0. It seems to be a lot more stable
and it looks very nice. I narrowed my search down to three-Suse 10.0, CenTos,
and Mandriva 2006. These three seem to fit what I'm looking for being a newb
in need of functional and stable distro with enough (which translates into
alot) GUI apps to manipulate my system but not be buggy until I get better
with command line tools. Anyones thoughts? Take care, Bob.

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Howdy,

I was at last weeks LUG and I'm interested in finding my new distro. I was
using FC3 before I tried simplyMepis 3.3.1-1 of which I like how things work
right out of the box like Adobe, and Flash but it has this thing which is
discouraging my usage-when I use synaptic to update my system, besides the 2
hour download even on DSL, it updates my system than upon reboot I lose
multiple faculties like Alsa, my ethernet card, the ability to mount my
cdrom, X gets all buggy and sometimes I couldn't log into my users GUI which
is death to me because of my newb status and need for visual stimuli. ;) So
Ireinstalled and tried again and it does the same thing when I update.
Soooo.....I re-installed, checked the repository to see which one it is
using(I'm keeping the default Mepis one for now-and I'm looking at punching
off Mepis because this is a BIG issue, I used up almost all of my monthly
capdownloading this distro and than updating it...grrrr!!!) and made the
decision to use the fresh install only until I find the perfect distro for
myneeds. I have to admit-Mepis did reintroduce me to KDE and it has come
along nicely since I last used it with Suse 9.0. It seems to be a lot more
stable and it looks very nice. I narrowed my search down to three-Suse 10.0,
CenTos, and Mandriva 2006. These three seem to fit what I'm looking for
beinga newb in need of functional and stable distro with enough (which
translates into alot) GUI apps to manipulate my system but not be buggy
untilI get better with command line tools. Anyones thoughts? Take care, Bob.

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Received on Fri Oct 21 11:37:00 2005