Thanks heaps guys,
today i got a copy of Mandrake7.2 compete... (and really cool stuffed tux, hehe)

Thanks heaps,

-Liam

--- Dennis Plester <dennisp@tiwest.com.au>
> wrote:
>I posted something yesterday regarding my Mandrake vs Red Hat experiences
>(albeit earlier versions) and suggested that you try both.
>
>I installed Red Hat 7.0 on another box last night, and I have now changed my
>mind. I would now unreservedly suggest you try Mandrake 7.2 first,
>particularly as your first Linux os. You will get a heap more stuff to
>explore after the install, and in all likelihood, it will be more "ready"
>for you to investigate. Red Hat still leaves you with quite a bit of config
>in many cases, to do after the install. You might learn more via Red Hat,
>but it's also frustrating for the beginner compared to Mandrake.
>
>The Red Hat 7.0 distribution is also fairly low key, with less "end user"
>stuff included. Mandrake probably goes too much the other way with its
>smorgasbord of games, science, publishing apps, etc. But, at least you get
>some decent CD burning, multimedia and office suite stuff, to give you
>something to do in this new operating system of yours! 
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Dennis. 
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Liam [SMTP:Testius@linuxgeekz.org]
>Sent:	Thursday, December 14, 2000 2:26 PM
>To:	plug@plug.linux.org.au
>Subject:	[plug] Mandrake Vs. RedHat
>
>Do you recomend i use mandrake or redhat for my first linux os... i do not
>wish to run a server on it
>
>Thanks
>-Liam
>
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