Warning Re: MandrakePPC 9.1 (OT)

[Longman, Bill]

> >Speaking of Debian and Gentoo, which did you find to
> >be better? I am thinking of installing one of those on
> >an x86 machine and possibly some older macs to
> >hopfully extract every last bit of performance out of
> >them.
> >  
> >
> Katsu,     I didn't do enough with either Debian or Gentoo to 
> be able to 
> give you a useful recommendation. As said, I didn't get X up 
> & running 
> on either, so I was working exclusively at the console for 
> configuration 
> tasks, troubleshooting, exploring documentation--stuff like 
> that--and I 
> don't know how much diff between 2 distro's you would notice 
> when doing 
> that kind of stuff. But when I get serious about really 
> getting into a 
> new distro again (after the Mandrake experience I'm a bit 
> "gun shy"!), I 
> will probably try Debian first. Documentation seems more extensive, 
> complete, and easy to use.

I've used Suse, RH, Mandrake, and Gentoo on several x86 machines. Maybe this
is due to the differences over time that I've used them, but I've found
Gentoo extremely stable. The caveat, though, is that this is the one I'm
most currently using, along with Mandrake. Given the quality of the two
distro's I would be hard pressed for a hands-down decision. If you don't
have high bandwidth network connection, it's an easier decision -- go with
Mandrake. Gentoo would be really painful over a dialup line.

My OT "$/50".

--
Bill