Re: A 'clean' OS?

From: Colonel Sam Flagg, U.S. Army Intelligence (colonel_flagg@NOSOUPFORJ00internetwarzone.org)
Date: 02/17/03 

From: colonel_flagg@NOSOUPFORJ00internetwarzone.org (Colonel Sam Flagg, U.S. Army Intelligence (ret))
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 16:20:36 -0500

In article <xcb4a.42128$9U3.36531@twister.nyroc.rr.com>,
namelyouress@myrealbclothesox.com says...
> To[r+]onado wrote:
>
> > Mandrake is not the only [Linux] distro available,
> > even though it is the user-friendliest.
>
> Is this true? I find myself confused when I read all the reviews,
> opinions, information, and criticisms of the various distros. Some
> people say SuSe is the easiest to use, others say [insert flavor here],
> and so on.
>
> I've been "wanting to" try Linux for eons, but distro choice is one
> thing that has been holding me back. I know I don't have the time or
> patience to try three or four different flavors of Linux, so if I made
> the splash, I'd "need" for it to be something that didn't disgust me
> straight off.
>

I've used many flavors of linux and ran freebsd as a desktop. By far my
favorite is RedHat. The new Redhat 8.0+ is absolutely the easiest OS
I've ever installed and I didn't do it the very easiest way possible. 

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