[plug] Reply to Nathan

[James Elliott]

Thanks for the advice, Nathan.

You mentioned that Libranet "comes complete with a
> large variety of window managers, games, assorted programs etc".

Is that the main difference in distributions - the GUI's and extra's?  or do
they vary in the way you use the login consoles?  I presume all their bash
and tcsh scripts use the same syntax.  Do all distributions have similar
files systems? - I mean if you are used to finding certain files in, say,
/etc , is that where you would look on most distributions, or do differing
distributions have their own way of storing files?

Trying to get a handle on what makes one distribution different from
another, other than the packaging?

Kind regards,

James Elliott
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan D" <natdan at pobox.com>
To: "Plug List" <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] setting up


> At 02:14 PM 14/06/2002 +0800, James Elliott wrote:
> >I have the CD's for Red Hat 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3 and am currently running
7.1,
> >but before I spend time upgrading Red Hat I would like to know what you
are
> >using and what you suggest would be best for a new user.
>
> I found RH to be good to start with and also Mandrake, though it felt a
bit
> "Windowsish" at times.  Debian is a challenge, but with a bit of googling
> and RTFMing, it was not a major problem.  It was very handy to have the
> laptop to 'research' with online while doing the Debian install :)
> A good "inbetween" distro I have found is Libranet.  Basically RH ease to
> install, then off you go into Debian Land :)  It comes complete with a
> large variety of window managers, games, assorted programs etc.
>
> As most of the people have said here - have a play and see what
feels/looks
> right to you :o)
>
>
> regards,
>    Nathan
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