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> Message: 3
> Subject: Re: Learning Linux, beginner needs help...
> From: Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com>
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Date: 08 Mar 2002 17:30:14 -0700
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
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> On Fri, 2002-03-08 at 13:57, Wank8734@aol.com wrote:
> > it seems as Mandrake is so far the only one I have been told to get. How does
> > Debian compare to Mandrake in terms of what I want?
> >
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> I won't comment on Debian since I haven't used it - but I'm certain that
> it's a solid distro.
>
> My recommendation is RedHat but that's cuz that's what I know.
>
> Craig
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oh yeah, as a add on. If you decide that you like RPM's but not Redhat or Mandrake, etc. you can setup slackware to use RPM's. I think
you just setup packages to read targz instead of tgz, the distro book tells you how to do it.

Craig S.