I've heard about slackware, hadn't really thought of installing that one, figured it would be good to have someone walk me through it, but considering that's why there's installfests, why not? Now to find someone there that'll be willing to help me out. Thanks for the info, Joel --- "Lansing, Dan" <Dan.Lansing at AndersenCorp.com> wrote: > Just an annoying side affect from the required windows use here at > work.... :).....outlook auto-inserts lag...... > > Dan Lansing > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kent Schumacher [mailto:kent at structural-wood.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 2:31 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Installfest Distro, need help deciding > > Unfortunately...It...has...the...side...affect...of...inserting...wait...states...into...your...cranial...processor. > > Ha...Ha... > K...e...n...t > > Lansing, Dan wrote: > > I would recommend slackware...it is the distro I started with and > taught me the most....dual booting will not be a problem with the > default LILO setup and as a distro to help you learn the ropes I can > think of none better....it gives you the freedom to learn the > configuration and what not and doesn't dumb anything down for you while > still having all the manpages and KDE and Gnome for easy user friendly > GUI....and most importantly all other distros will give you genital > warts....no lie...i read it on Slashdot... > > > > Dan Lansing > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joel Dick [mailto:joel_cd at yahoo.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 1:37 PM > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > Subject: [TCLUG] Installfest Distro, need help deciding > > > > Hey all, > > > > Seeing as the installfest is fast approaching, I'm trying to decide > what > > distro I want to install, I'm sure this is always a popular question, > but > > I'm hoping for some insight. I tried installing mandrake 9.1 and found > > that it wiped out my windoze partition (well didn't wipe it out, but > the > > info went bye bye? the MBR mighta gotten messed up), luckily it was a > > fresh install of windoze with no information I'd be missing. So I'm > > reformatting the drive, reinstalling windoze and all. Needless to say, > > unless I burned a bad copy of mandrake, I'm not overly enthused to try > > that route again (I've installed older versions of mandrake in the > past > > and ever subsequent install has gotten to be more of a hassel, I have > no > > idea why). So, my choices are, try to install Mandrake again, or Go > with > > either Suse or RedHat (their current versions). I'm looking for > whatever > > one works good with a dual boot scenario, and has the best features > for a > > guy that's still learning the ropes, but isn't entirely new to the > world > > of linux. It's not that I'm really unhappy with mandrake either, > perhaps > > having someone give me a hand with the install would be helpful even. > > > > Anyways, anyone have any suggestions for me? Or perhaps I can get most > of > > this answered right at the installfest? > > > > Thanks, > > Joel > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list