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neophyte
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by neophyte » Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:09 pm
I've got a "new" old box to install Linux on. I'm thinking of going RPM. So the question is...
If you were going to install an RPM based distro, which would it be and why?
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by timvw » Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:12 pm
My first choice would be slackware because it's the only rpm-based distro i was really happy with
(sorry redhat-suse-mandriva-...)
But to be honest, i like apt-get way more
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by neophyte » Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:35 pm
I've been almost exclusively deb since I started using Linux. Am I correct in assuming you like Slackware because of it's non-commercial nature?
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by chinhnt2k3 » Sun Apr 02, 2006 2:10 pm
I use Mandriva, it's pretty easy to use and you have full control of the system
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by Roja » Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:59 pm
I highly recommend Fedora Core 5. I recently installed it on my second desktop machine, and couldn't be happier with it.
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by Christopher » Sun Apr 02, 2006 7:21 pm
I'd agree with Roja. Fedora for an open, RPM based distro is excellent. Otherwise I'd say Ubuntu.
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by RobertGonzalez » Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:54 pm
I am a complete Linux newbie, but Fedora Core 4 for my laptop was a sweet distro for me. I am sure that FC5 will be cooler than 4 so I would probably lean toward that.
neophyte
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by neophyte » Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:16 pm
Thanks for the opinions. I think I'm leaning towards Fedora 5. It's free and doesn't seem to have any attachments like the other RPM distros that seem more oriented for commercial sales.
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by Todd_Z » Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:51 pm
ubuntu for personal use
debian without the bells and whistles for server use
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by dibyendrah » Tue Apr 04, 2006 1:43 am
I like the package management of Debian Linux. Becuase we can install the package from online by using command line like
# apt-get update
#apt-get install php5 mysql5-server
It's quite easy and fun!!
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by Maugrim_The_Reaper » Tue Apr 04, 2006 5:32 am
Only ones I've been really happy with are FC4 and Ubuntu in the past year. I prefer Debian so I'm currently using Ubuntu. FC5 would be a really good choice for an RPM based distro.
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by R4000 » Tue Apr 04, 2006 5:58 am
CentOS!!!! or FedCore5.
they both have the equiv of apt-get (called yum)
i recommend centos cause its easy and fast!
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by Roja » Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:40 am
dibyendrah wrote: I like the package management of Debian Linux. Becuase we can install the package from online by using command line like
# apt-get update
#apt-get install php5 mysql5-server
apt-rpm is available for Fedora Core 5, and works the same way.
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by neophyte » Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:35 am
I'll have to look at CentOS. I didn't know that they added an "apt" feature. The last time I tried FC it had Yum. That 's cool.
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by Roja » Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:46 am
neophyte wrote: I'll have to look at CentOS. I didn't know that they added an "apt" feature. The last time I tried FC it had Yum. That 's cool.
The default is yum. Apt-rpm is optional, but can be installed. I've used apt-rpm since FC2, and it makes yum look like a snail.