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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=900012506-05042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Slackware-> Yggdrassil -> Debian -> Redhat
-> RHEL 3 / 4 myself.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=900012506-05042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=900012506-05042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I run RHEL 3 on three dual-proc blade
servers.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=900012506-05042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=900012506-05042006></SPAN><SPAN
class=900012506-05042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I'm very happy
with my RH distro. I've encountered very few problems with it over the
years. 5 Star stability, and great driver
support. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=900012506-05042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>An alternative to Fedora Core is
Centos.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=900012506-05042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>If you're wondering what Yggdrasil is:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=900012506-05042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil_Linux">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil_Linux</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=900012506-05042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Mike.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> plug-bounces@plug.org.au
[mailto:plug-bounces@plug.org.au] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Shannon
Carver<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 05, 2006 02:23 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
plug@plug.org.au<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [plug] Re:
Frugalware<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’m amazed. I
know exactly what you mean by formatting week by week/month by month, but I
mainly did this when I was running Windows as my primary OS (purely for
stability/speed reasons)!! My voyages through linux distributions have
been far less than your amazing list though (its like you copied it straight off
distrowatch.com!), but I share the same sentiment for many of the distributions
that we’ve both used.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’ve gone Redhat ->
Slackware -> Debian -> Gentoo over the course of about 3-4 years, and use
Ubuntu on my laptop.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As well as that I’ve
used Mandrake/Mandriva, Fedora, and a few others, and wouldn’t recommend them to
anyone!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Debian for server
work/stability<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Debian/OpenBSD for
routers/gateways/firewalls<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ubuntu for laptop
(You’re spot on, everything just works, Power management, screen/resolution
& hardware detection, removable device management..
PERFECT!)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Gentoo for my
desktops. I’ve not tried Crux or anything, but its definitely faster than
the other distributions I’ve ran on this computer. I has Debian on my
desktop for a long time and the speed difference is
fantastic.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Live CD’s definitely
have their place in testing/debugging or just short term solutions (great for
temporary routers/firewalls)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Your message was
definitely an interesting read, by the way!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regards<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Shannon</SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> plug-bounces@plug.org.au
[mailto:plug-bounces@plug.org.au] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf
Of </SPAN></B>Benjamin Woods<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, 5 April 2006 1:11
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
plug@plug.org.au<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
[plug] Re: Frugalware</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I really think i should have given that email a better
subject... oops!<BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>From: Benjamin Woods<BR><A
href="mailto:woodsb02@gmail.com">woodsb02@gmail.com</A><BR>Registered Linux User
#372573 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>