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[LUG] RedHat...
>> glibc, and inetd are really what i meant by 'vital' you don't have a
>> zip prog in win you can't d/l practicaly anything.
>Aah - in Linux/UNIX if you dont have tar and a c compiler available youre
>stuffed on that score. Although the're not much use without the base
>libraries :)
>> oh and there is no way i'm changing distro's! Suse was not easy to
>> install and its meant to be a 'beginners' package. I had to use Yast1
>> in the end cos Yast2 hardly gave me a choice what to install.
>> To be honest from some of what youve been saying I would ask you to
>> consider RedHat. The installation (really is) a breeze. And IMHO its
>> the best dist for novices. I used Redhat for thr 1st 2-3 years of
>> linux use and have only recently stared with SuSE. Especially if
>> you're not sure *exactly* what you want on the system.
RedHat is the best disro i have tried personally, 6.1 has a nice X
installation that also allows upgrade. I have recomended it to a lot
of my mates who loved it. SuSE is WAY too big for my liking a max
install took over 2GB, if you have the space to burn then great.... if
not, forget it....
Neil
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