[CLUE-Tech] Total newbie here....it's not easy being green ;)

[Joe Linux]

I believe I must have, but I'm unclear as to the exact numbers.  What I 
do know is that I tried them all except the latest RH beta which is due 
to come out shortly unless it has come out within the last few weeks, in 
which case I didn't try it.  I know there was a thread and Jeffery Cann 
indicated Mandrake 9.1 had come out.  I've only been using 9.1 for a few 
weeks.  So it is possible that I haven't tried the latest RH but one 
thing I noticed on the last RH I did try was that there is very little 
difference between the look of KDE and Gnome on Red Hat as they have 
their own icon set for both.  Also for what ever reason RH was slow on 
my K6/2-500.  So that was another issue.  So it is possible that RH is 
as good as or better than Mandrake, but I see new people coming into 
Linux and they seem to be directed to RH and I haven't been convinced it 
is necessarily the best way to go for someone without experience. 
 Therefore, I just wanted to bring up the fact that there might possibly 
be a better alternative.

Ed Hill wrote:

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>Hi Joe,
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>Have you tried Red Hat 9?
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>It has a number of small improvements for beginners including a
>stream-lined installer.  And their graphical configuration tools are a
>lot nicer.  Honestly, I've looked at both the latest Mandrake and latest
>Red Hat and I think its becoming a wash in terms of user-friendliness
>for beginners.
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>Ed
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